Chapter 3 - Celebrity Gathering
Chapter 3 - Celebrity Gathering
A few days later, Baron De Silva's fashionable party was held on schedule.
This kind of party is said to be held casually at the Baron's house, but if you really go there casually, you will be fooled. After all, there will be many celebrities from the fashion and entertainment circles visiting, and bigwigs from the political and business circles will also show up from time to time. Therefore, any young person who wants to make a name for himself will get himself ready before trying again. This is the case for those related to politics and business, not to mention those involved in the fashion and entertainment circles. Naturally, everyone has to be glamorous to dare to step into the baron's villa.
A standard supermodel like Su Cenxi naturally has to go through professional makeup before she can appear on stage.
So before the banquet that started in the evening, Su Cenxi was forced to sit in the studio for the entire afternoon - he was not allowed to do his makeup at home because Ning Fei was on guard against Gu Hechen changing his mind at the last minute.
Romantic love songs from more than 20 years ago were echoing in the studio. Two large rows of hangers were filled with alternative clothing, and a long dressing table was filled with all kinds of makeup supplies. Behind Su Cenxi, the makeup artist, costume designer and Ning Fei are... "fully expressing" their opinions.
"You still think it's rosy? Ning Fei, please take a closer look." The makeup artist pointed at Su Cenxi in the mirror, her dialect almost coming out, "It's almost completely white, how can there be any red at all?"
"The lighting from this mirror makes people look three times better, but it also eats up all the makeup. Although the Baron's house is not a red carpet, it is better than a red carpet, but there is no such spotlight at home." Ning Fei turned off the lighting on the mirror and turned to look at Su Cenxi from the front. "The makeup on his face is still too heavy. Change it. Change it to a point where you can't see the makeup on, and make it pale, fragile, and transparent. Do you understand?"
"It's the 'morbid look' that's popular internationally recently?" The costume designer said, "I don't even know what's so popular about it. Does it really look good?"
"Whether it looks good or not is not our business, but this is the recent trend. The Y brand designed by the Baron, several leading models have recently begun to lean towards this route. If the Baron doesn't like it, who would do it?" Ning Fei replied, "Su Cenxi just recovered from a serious illness, and this listless look is just right, don't waste it."
The makeup artist raised her eyebrows slightly: "Are you sure? Usually, you always go for a lively and eye-catching style. This will be very different, right?"
"Sure." Ning Fei leaned back against the table, crossed his arms, and sneered, "Models should have a variety of styles. He has always had the same style because Mr. Gu likes that style."
No one dared to refute the troublemaker's words, even though they were the makeup team hired by Gu Hechen at a high price.
After all, the entire studio knew that Su Cenxi resisted the work arranged by Ning Fei last time because of President Gu, but didn’t she come back in disgrace later? Gu Hechen not only looked for Ning Fei first, but also asked for a job and introductions. Even when Ning Fei asked Su Cenxi to control her weight even when she was ill, Gu Hechen no longer objected openly.
Didn’t you see that Su Cenxi didn’t even dare to mention an idea this time?
"…If you want to make it 'morbid' this time, just even out the skin tone. Don't make the lips so bright, make them lighter." The makeup artist thought to herself that it wasn't her responsibility, so she changed her mind and said, "But we still have to do the hairstyle, right?"
"Do it, but don't style it too much, and don't use an iron for bangs." Ning Fei's fingers smoothed the ends of Su Cenxi's hair, "And these eyeliners, eyeshadows, and eyelashes, take them all off for me, and don't wear colored contact lenses. Don't make the styles too aggressive, retro, broken, and alienated, remember?"
"Okay." The makeup artist also leaned over to take a look at Su Cenxi's face. "If you don't want any eye makeup, how about putting a mole on the corner of your eye?"
Ning Fei pointed under Su Cenxi's left eye and said, "A mole at the corner of the eye is too weird, let's put it at the lower left."
"OK, then I'll add some red eye makeup." The makeup artist got an idea, "I guarantee it will break, old bastard!"
The makeup artist gestured "OK" and Ning Fei went to discuss with the costume designer. The suit we finally decided on was a Y brand retro black suit. It had very few patterns, but the collar and cuffs were cut very differently, a classic style from that time. The main reason for choosing this dress is that its shoulder width perfectly matches Su Cenxi, but the waist is a bit wide and originally needed to be altered before it could be worn. But this time it just matched Su Cenxi's "fragile" appearance. The slightly wide collar was opened, and the loose silk shirt inside was tied around her small waist, making her waist, hip line and long legs all fit together in one go.
In short, when the whole set was completed, even Gu Hechen, who came to pick people up, was dazzled.
But just as he reached out his hand, Ning Fei stepped in—physically—and stood between the two of them, blocking his hand: "Mr. Gu, I suggest you don't touch him. You don't want his whole afternoon sitting there to be ruined, do you?"
Gu Hechen raised his eyebrows: "Can't even touch it?"
"You can use your hands," Ning Fei replied calmly, "Please go anywhere else after tonight."
After saying that, he made way for us and even waved his hand to indicate "please".
Gu Hechen felt that Ning Fei had something else in mind, and glanced at him unhappily, but quickly approached Su Cenxi again. Seeing this up close, Gu Hechen couldn't help but frown: "Why do you look so pale even after putting on makeup? Are you feeling unwell again?"
"It's intentional. Anyway, he just recovered from a serious illness, so there's no need to force himself." Ning Fei was too lazy to explain to him the latest international trends, and replied simply and rudely, "Anyway, please bring him to meet the Baron. I can't always follow Su Cenxi at the Baron's house, otherwise it would seem too purposeful. Please don't forget the purpose of tonight. If you need anything, call me anytime."
When he said this, his last glance fell on Su Cenxi. Su Cenxi frowned and replied: "I can only try my best..."
Ning Fei didn't care about his "little resistance" at all, and even clapped his hands: "Oh, yes, just frowning like this, it looks very good, 'sick beauty'."
"Do you want De Silva to give Cen Xi a chance for an interview?" Gu Hechen couldn't bear to see Su Cen Xi in trouble. He took the other person's hand and found it was warm, so he felt relieved: "Why bother with so much trouble? Why not just fight for the opportunity to walk the runway?"
"Boss Gu, you have a big family and a big business, but your influence in the fashion circle is really average." Ning Fei sneered, "Please don't put in any extra effort, otherwise it will be embarrassing if you do bad things with good intentions."
After his sarcastic remarks, Gu Hechen didn't even ask anyone to "take him out to 'calm down'", which stunned the studio members present.
In fact, Gu Hechen was indeed angry, but he did not show it on his face immediately. He just took Su Cenxi's hand and walked out. When passing by Ning Fei, Gu Hechen lowered his voice and said to him: "I don't know what evil methods you used, but I will always find a way to get him out of your control."
Ning Fei pretended not to understand, lowered her eyes and smiled: "As long as he can become one of the top 10 supermodels."
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The party started in the evening.
The setting sun shines on the pond in the Baron's garden, sparkling with golden light. The hidden and ubiquitous speakers play endless foreign songs. Ning Fei, who was standing in the corner, heard the music, which was of the same era and style as the one he played in the studio in the afternoon, so he lowered his eyes, took a sip of champagne, and concealed a silent smile.
——It’s no wonder that I’ve been following the accounts of several of Baron’s “favorite” models. Seeing that they have been wearing vintage clothes recently, I know that Baron has also been preferring the retro style recently.
Retro, broken, ethereal, Ning Fei has already applied all the styling highlights he could think of to Su Cenxi, and Su Cenxi's own hardware conditions are indeed not bad. If the Baron still doesn't like this, it's most likely that Gu and Su are causing trouble again.
Thinking of this, Ning Fei silently turned his gaze to a place not far away. Baron De Silva was there, surrounded by a few people, the most prominent of whom was Gu Hechen with Su Cenxi.
Although Gu Hechen is overbearing and domineering, he is quite reliable when it comes to getting things done. At least from Ning Fei's perspective, the Baron and Mr. Gu were having a very pleasant conversation, and Su Cenxi would answer something from time to time. The people around them couldn't interrupt the Baron and Mr. Gu and could only agree with them occasionally with a smile on their faces.
Ning Fei drank a glass of champagne slowly, watching the scene in front of him. Then he put down his cup, stopped a passing wine boy, took out a banknote and stuffed it into the other party's ear, while whispering a few words in his ear.
The wine boy nodded, and Ning Fei let him go and left the living room.
Got to go put some water in.
He walked down the corridor and pulled out a business card box from his pocket. Anyway, in such a competitive occasion, no one would notice him, so he just felt at ease and concentrated on checking his business card. So that when you need a business card, you don't have to hand over one with a dented corner...
Until he hit a wall. Oh, it's a "wall of meat".
"Hiss!" Ning Fei bumped into someone coming out of the toilet. He frowned and looked up, immediately surprised, "You... Hey?!"
Isn’t this the same high-quality “good thing” that was interrupted two weeks ago!
He is tall and strong, and he looks quite stylish in his casual suit. Today he even tidied up his hair, making him look more fierce. He just stood in front of Ning Fei, staring at him with his eyes downcast, and a sense of oppression came silently.
Ning Fei didn't seem nervous. She glanced at his open collar and smiled naturally: "It's you."
"Good Thing" raised his eyebrows slightly: "Who are you?"
"Why are you pretending?" Ning Fei smiled and shook the business card between his fingers. "I did give you my business card. By the way, you haven't compensated me for my shirt yet, right?"
"Good Thing" took the business card down and glanced at it, saying in a cold tone: "Ning Fei? Forgot."
"It's okay." Ning Fei was not angry. He chuckled and took the business card back, but put it in the other person's chest pocket. "Just remember it this time."
He could see that the other party answered like this deliberately. If he really didn't remember me, and a bump into me wouldn't be a big deal, he should have left long ago. Why would he stay and look at the business card?
Ning Fei originally thought that the other party didn't call her because he didn't want to "rekindle the old relationship". I didn't expect to meet him in a place like this. He even stayed to talk to me, which means... there's still some hope, right?
I've been so busy for so long that I haven't been able to find time to have fun elsewhere. In the face of such a "good thing", Ning Fei began to think about "giving it another try".
So he began to inquire: "By the way, why are you here?"
"Good Thing" had a look on his face that said "you already know the answer but still ask", and asked back: "Why do you think I'm here?"
Ning Fei thought it was a private matter that he didn't want to answer, and didn't demand an answer, so he just said, "Oh, okay."
"Good Thing" asked again: "Why are you here?"
"Ha, I came here with the boss, half working." Ning Fei said, tapping the business card he had just put in his pocket with his fingertips, and also tapping the other party's chest, "But I don't need to be busy anymore. What about you? Are you still busy?"
“Good Thing” said with an unimpressive look: “Busy.”
Ning Fei thought to himself, I believed your lies, why are you still chatting here?
But Ning Fei did not refute, and even straightened the other person's collar: "Busy, it's better to be busy. If you are not busy..."
"If you're not busy?"
Ning Fei opened his mouth, but before he could state the main purpose, the special attention message ringtone on his cell phone rang. Ning Fei took out his cell phone, glanced at it, and immediately cursed inwardly, "Fuck."
"Good Thing" sneered, adding fuel to the fire: "It seems that you have become busy again? You are still... huh?!"
Ning Fei grabbed his collar, pushed him into the bathroom, pressed him against the wall, and kissed him!
It is rich, deep and fitting, like a raging fire between dry wood.
But just before "Good Thing" unconsciously raised his hand to hug back, Ning Fei withdrew.
"If you're not busy, stay and wait for me, or call me later." Ning Fei had to leave now, but he was reluctant to leave the big guy in front of him, so he had to push him to a place without surveillance to satisfy his cravings. "I'm going to be busy, bye!"
After saying that, he kissed the other person hard again, then turned around and left.
"Good Thing" leaned against the wall in a daze for several seconds, then wiped his lips with the back of his hand with a look of astonishment.
"Tsk, this is a toilet! Kissing in a place like this..."
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Hehehe, super fishing system!
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