The training ground of the 㫧 Workers' Group was set up separately. It was a small two-story bungalow. The first floor was for dancing practice, and the second floor was for singing practice.
When Su Nan entered the room, he saw a group of thinly dressed girls standing in a neat row, stretching their partners' legs and shoulders.
A middle-aged woman holding a bamboo whip saw Su Nan and Chen Youshan appear at the door. She pointed the whip at the latter and said, "Change your clothes first, team leader."
"Yes." Chen Youshan saluted and hurried to the changing room next to the stairs. She came out soon and stood where she usually stood. As soon as she put her legs on the wall, she heard Teacher Xie speak.
"stand at attention."
A group of girls immediately stood up, holding their heads high and standing in a row.
"This is the makeup artist who just came to our union the other day, Su Nanzhi." Teacher Xie stood beside Su Nan, looked around at everyone, and then quietly introduced him.
"Hello everyone, my name is Su Nan." Su Nan bent down slightly, bowed politely and greeted them.
The young and energetic girls looked at each other and their good friends, and couldn't help chattering. It was not until Teacher Xie slapped his palms with a whip that they gradually quieted down.
"What about Sister Ning? Hasn't she always been our makeup artist?" Someone in the crowd raised his hand and asked in a slightly excited tone.
Su Nan followed the voice and met Chen Qiu's resentful eyes. Tsk, it's her again.
Teacher Xie slowly explained, "Ning Xizhi has been expelled."
Being fired, rather than voluntarily resigning, although both mean that the person is no longer with the union, there is a world of difference between the two.
As soon as these words were spoken, the training room was in an uproar again, because this news was too sudden, without any signs, and they were now a little bit unbelieving.
After all, Sister Ning has been working as a makeup artist in the 㫧工團 for several years. What did she do wrong to be fired?
But it was obvious that Teacher Xie had no intention of telling them, because she had already turned her head to talk to the new makeup artist.
"Su Zhizhi, you can watch our rehearsal later and think about what kind of makeup we should put on these children to add color to the performance."
"Okay." Su Nan smiled and nodded.
"You were recommended by Deputy Head Chen, so we are all very relieved." Teacher Xie also curled the corners of his lips, patted Su Nan's shoulder, and then turned around to supervise them to continue their preparations.
Su Nan turned around and sat down on a stool beside him, supporting his chin with his hands and watching their performance attentively.
Chen Qiu, who was stretching her legs in the corner, gritted her teeth and couldn't help but glance at Su Nan, clutching her sleeves tightly. She had given Sister Ning so many good things over the years, and only then did she get the "privilege" of always having a more outstanding and beautiful makeup than others.
Now all her efforts have been wasted. It was all because of this parachuted-in Su Nan. Otherwise, how could Sister Ning be fired?
The two of them had already formed a feud in the cafeteria yesterday. Who knows how Su Nan will make her look ugly in the future. What if she does something to her face at the Lantern Festival Gala? Wouldn't that be bad?
What should I do?
Chen Qiu's hands pinched her sleeves more and more tightly, and her clothes were wrinkled, but she was completely unaware.
In this Lantern Festival Gala, the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions only had four programs, including two group dances, a duet, and a chorus.
The rest are the responsibility of several other nearby municipal trade unions.
Where there is a stage, there will naturally be competition and rivalry. As the organizer, Huiping City naturally wants to take the lead more than others on its own territory.
This is not only a matter of face, but also a matter of development.
This evening party will host several important figures from Beijing and Shanghai. If they perform well enough, they will be remembered, and they will be the first to be thought of when there are any good policies and plans in the future.
In order to ensure the success and perfection of this evening party, the labor union put in a lot of thought and energy, striving to achieve perfection in every aspect.
But at this critical juncture, someone reported in real name that the labor union's dedicated makeup artist had a lot of dealings with the upper echelons of labor unions in other cities and had improper financial transactions.
Once this incident happened, it was naturally intolerable, so after firing the makeup artist, the Huiping City Labor Union began to look for a new makeup artist, but there were really few people who knew how to do makeup these days.
Even if she knows how to put on makeup, her technique is not good enough. She looks uglier with makeup than without. Isn't that a joke?
Just when everyone was anxious, Chen Youshan accidentally found a makeup artist with excellent makeup skills for her aunt, Deputy Head Chen, and that person was Su Nan.
The moment he saw Su Nan, Deputy Captain Chen was shocked by two things. One was that Su Nan was too young, only nineteen years old; the other was that Su Nan was too beautiful, outshining all the other beauties.
Generally, people who are too good-looking give people the first impression that they have nothing but beauty, and their role as a vase is greater than anything else.
However, Deputy Captain Chen had witnessed Su Nan's makeup skills with his own eyes, so after thinking it over again and again, he decided to try Su Nan first. Since he couldn't find anyone else anyway, he might as well give it a try.
Su Nan was watching dance rehearsals on the first floor for a while, and then running to the second floor to watch singing rehearsals. She was very busy, but fortunately she gradually figured out the core points of the four programs.
Elegant, gentle, gorgeous, and passionate.
These four elements are different and unique, and with the interpretation of dozens of young women, it is truly a visual feast. They are performing so well even though they are just wearing ordinary training clothes.
How shocking it would be if she changed into professional costumes and makeup?
Su Nan, an outsider, watched with great interest and admiration. However, the insiders from the troupe were constantly adjusting the shortcomings and flaws in the performance, hoping to achieve perfection. This requires constant pursuit of excellence and perseverance.
After watching for a long time, Su Nan finally realized something. It seemed that she was the only makeup artist in this group. Doesn't that mean that on the Lantern Festival, she would have to do makeup for dozens of people by herself? And she had to do it before the party started?
Thinking of this, Su Nan couldn't help swallowing, and a trace of pain and hatred appeared on his face.
*
It was exceptionally quiet on Wutong Street in Sang'an County that day. The windows of the courtyard were tightly closed. A ray of sunlight shone through the cracks onto the bed, illuminating the figure of the person lying on it.
The tall figure was curled up on the bed, with the quilt uncovered. His face was abnormally flushed, his thin lips were extremely pale, his forehead was covered with sweat, his brows were furrowed, and he looked as if he was extremely uncomfortable.
In his hand was a crumpled piece of paper with beautiful handwriting on it. Every word was filled with concern for him, and only at the end did she mention her whereabouts.
Suddenly, the fingers holding the paper moved, and Zhou Rang opened his eyes.
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