Chapter 5 - The New Director
Chapter 5 - The New Director
Although Su Cenxi was forcibly brought back to the scene, he still tried to escape at one point.
However, every time he started to glance around, Ning Fei would give him a cold stare. Ning Fei would also raise his hand and make a gesture, first pointing at his own eyes with his index and middle fingers, and then pointing in the direction of Su Cenxi.
——I'm watching you.
Su Cenxi didn't dare to move. He couldn't find any other assistants to ask for help, and the phone was still in Ning Fei's hand. In the end, he had no choice but to finish his makeup and hair and start participating in the filming.
There were five models in total in this shoot, and there were quite a few group photos. Su Cenxi has already come in, so I can’t let others delay the progress at this moment. I can only try to adjust myself. Anyway, when Albert takes pictures, he calls everyone "baby", "angel" and "sweetheart". Su Cenxi felt a little stiff and nervous at first, but as the action went on, he slowly got into the mood and performed well.
Even when taking a solo photo, Albert pointed the camera at him and shouted: "Give me a cold look! Just like the little prince glaring at his servant who flirted with him!" Su Cenxi did the same.
Ning Fei: ... Albert wouldn't expose his XP like this when he was chasing someone, no wonder there was such a big commotion.
But this photo of Su Cenxi is really good. Ning Fei leaned over to look at the screen linked to the camera. Su Cenxi was sitting there, raising one hand to let someone put the watch on him. He turned his gaze towards the camera with a dramatic look in his eyes. Ning Fei expressed his satisfaction and said that the TOP 10 goal is very promising.
But during the half-time break, Ning Fei couldn't laugh anymore.
Albert really chased after Su Cenxi!
"Xixi, I didn't expect you to be willing to come back to work!" Albert didn't care about the scene being changed, and moved closer to Su Cenxi who was putting on makeup. "I haven't seen you for many days, and you have become more charming. Is this the nourishment of love? The look you gave me just now seemed like you were really angry and arrogant. I couldn't help myself behind the camera..."
"Hi, Mr. Albert."
Ning Fei stretched out his foot and turned around again, accurately cutting in between the two of them to block Albert's sight, and took out his business card smoothly: "I am Su Cenxi's current agent. I have heard of your name for a long time. It is an honor to meet you."
"Agent?" Albert didn't take the business card immediately. Instead, he glanced at Ning Fei with a sharp gaze. "A retired model who changed his career?"
"You're kidding. I don't have the qualifications." Ning Fei smiled. "I'm just an agent. I went to see your photography exhibition last year. I really admire your understanding of portraits. I finally have the opportunity to see you at work."
Albert was a little surprised: "Did you see that exhibition? That wasn't a supermodel photo exhibition."
"I know. It's celebrity portraits." Ning Fei answered fluently, "How to capture the characteristics of celebrities from a unique angle. I think this is very helpful for my work, so I went to learn it."
Albert snorted and laughed, then took his business card: "That exhibition is very niche, you have a lot of ideas..."
Ning Fei: Haha, I just checked the fashion critic article on the spot. Are you surprised or shocked?
"'Ning Fei', OK, I'll remember you." Albert looked at the business card from beginning to end and put it in his coat. "I was wondering who was around Xixi and who could skip the temporary job at ST. It turned out to be you."
ST? That world-famous modeling agency? Ning Fei was secretly calculating in his mind while replying, "I'm not sure who originally got this job, but they invited us, so we came."
Albert waved his hand and said, "Come on. This position has only been vacant for two days. I heard that the ST model came to try it on. I didn't expect that another one would be replaced today for the actual shooting. You have this ability. It seems that Gu Hechen has invested a lot of money."
——This Albert is really outspoken. How can he just expose such information?
Ning Fei was too lazy to explain to outsiders that he was not hired by Gu Hechen, and only replied politely: "Maybe Xixi is more suitable for the tone of this shoot."
"Indeed! I feel that Xixi and I have a good match in terms of personality! He is very different in front of the camera, that expression..." Albert once again began to comment on Su Cenxi enthusiastically, speaking eloquently. Ning Fei saw that he was not determined to break through, so he was too lazy to stop him from talking.
——Just say it. Anyway, I am stuck here and he can’t get through, can’t see or touch it. Just say a few words to the master.
***
Ning Fei didn't expect Albert to reveal information about ST's brokerage company, and she didn't expect that Albert would go to take pictures of ST's new director in the afternoon - because V magazine wanted to interview him.
It stands to reason that it is legitimate for a top fashion magazine to interview the director of an agency. But the problem is that the Y brand photo shoot and the interview with the ST director were held on the same day. Albert couldn't help but imagine what would happen if the two sides bumped into each other in the magazine office.
But since the new director came to take pictures anyway, Albert just took pictures of him, regardless of what happened behind him.
The new director is tall and handsome, decades younger than the original one, and looks many times better in photos. Albert was surprisingly relaxed when filming him, and gradually started to talk more. Of course, most of them are compliments and photo-taking instructions, which basically only serve to adjust the atmosphere and do not have much practical significance.
The new director would go to the display screen to look at the photos taken, and Albert would adjust his equipment next to him, explaining his ideas: "I didn't use a particularly strong front light, because today Mr. Andrew..."
"My last name is Duan," the new director interrupted, "Since I'm back home, I'll still call you by your Chinese name."
"Oh, Mr. Duan." Albert changed his words, "Mr. Duan has almost no makeup on, it's all natural skin color, plus the color of the clothes and the background, the strong light from the front is easy to overexpose. So I arranged this angle and light color..."
Director Duan waited for him to finish and commented, "Your ideas are indeed unique and well-deserved. Theresa also said that you are the most trusted legendary photographer of V magazine."
Albert replied: "I can't say I'm a legend. I just work more with Theresa and V magazine, so I think our styles are compatible."
Director Duan suddenly asked, "Does Mr. Albert match the tone of the Y brand?"
Albert: “…”
He was silent for two seconds, and replied dryly: "Haha, then we have to ask what Y brand thinks."
Director Duan said, "Don't be nervous. It's just a casual question. I just want to know in what direction ST's models can pursue improvement."
"I'm not sure about that. When I was photographing models, I couldn't remember which companies they were from except for the ones I was most familiar with..." Albert dealt with it casually while turning around and squatting down to fiddle with the equipment, pretending to be busy. He squatted quickly and the business card in his coat pocket fell out.
The man surnamed Duan glanced casually and narrowed his eyes slightly.
……Um?
***
The fact that Albert had photographed Su Cenxi again was not concealed for the entire night, and Ning Fei was severely criticized by Gu Hechen over the phone that night.
However, Gu Hechen was so proud of his "status" that he could not utter any swear words. He could only use some clichéd threats and warnings. Real workers might be afraid of these things, but Ning Fei will not be controlled by them at all.
Withhold his salary? He doesn't care too much about the quality of material life and is fine with living on the streets.
Take control of his career prospects? Anyway, he will leave after helping Su Cenxi get into the top 10. He has no future at all.
The only thing that would make Ning Fei care was kicking him out of the studio. However, if Gu Hechen really had this idea, the first person to oppose it would probably be Su Cenxi. Not to mention whether Su Cenxi's career would be affected after losing Ning Fei, just the many handles Ning Fei had on him and Ning Fei's strange identity were enough to keep Su Cenxi awake at night.
So Ning Fei put the phone away with peace of mind, without even pressing the speakerphone button, and let Gu Hechen give a speech for several minutes on the other end of the phone. It was not until Gu Hechen noticed something was wrong and started asking, "Did you hear it? Where is the person?" that Ning Fei came back and pressed the speakerphone: "Has Mr. Gu finished his instructions?"
Gu Hechen probably finally reacted and told Ning Fei that those threats were useless. He said in a deep voice: "... This time, for Cen Xi's sake, I will let you go. From now on, Chenxi Studio will refuse all cooperation with Albert. Do you understand?"
"We are cooperating with brand Y and V magazine. Mr. Gu is so generous, why not just change their appointed photographer on the spot? Why take it out on the workers?" Ning Fei sneered, "Besides, there are so many people on the scene today, but Su Cenxi and Albert didn't say a few words, let alone meet. Is this considered excessive interaction? Mr. Gu, if you have the guts, call Su Cenxi over now, and then tell me in front of him: 'Su Cenxi belongs to me, Gu Hechen, and anyone who sees him, talks to him, and cooperates with him can make the decision. No one else can interfere, including Su Cenxi himself.'"
Gu Hechen was silent.
Of course he couldn't do that. Although he always restricted Su Cenxi in his actions, he would never admit it verbally. Everything he said was basically for Su Cenxi's own good, thus occupying the moral high ground. Domineering CEOs, or other overbearing characters, are basically all of this character.
However, Ning Fei didn't really want Su Cenxi to stay away from Gu Hechen. After all, Gu Hechen had a lot of resources, and it would be a waste for Su Cenxi not to take advantage of them.
So before Gu Hechen could come up with an excuse to attack again, Ning Fei spoke again: "Okay, Mr. Gu, don't show off your prowess to me over such trivial matters. Your role is much greater than that of a photographer. Would I sell out Su Cenxi for a set of promotional photos? If you really don't like Albert, why don't you ask your secretary to tell V magazine not to let Albert take pictures of you? I'll hang up if there's nothing else to say. If you call me emotionally next time, I'll charge you for psychological counseling. Bye."
After saying that, he hung up the phone without waiting for Gu Hechen to reply. It was only after hanging up that I realized that Su Cenxi had just sent me a new message.
Su Cenxi: [Actually, he turned on the speakerphone for me to listen, and I heard what you just said. He does seem like a personal property sometimes. 】
Su Cenxi: [He told me this phone call because he probably wanted to warn me by warning you. 】
Ning Fei: ...
——Tsk, I’m not confronting Gu Hechen to make you two fall out. Don’t treat me as an emotional tree hole!
Ning Da’s agent had no choice but to reply: [Apart from work, I won’t interfere in your affairs. If it really doesn't work, think about the words I taught you before. 】
After I replied to this message, Su Cenxi didn't message me again immediately. Instead, there was a friend request from a stranger, and the ID was very straightforward: headhunter Reba.
The content of adding friends is also very straightforward: [Hi, I am a headhunter for ST Brokerage. I have a high-paying position suitable for you. Are you interested in chatting? 】
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