The art troupe's training ground 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 people behind her and then said, "Change your clothes first and join the team."
"Yes." Chen Youshan saluted and hurried to the changing room next to the stairs. He came out soon and stood where he usually stood. Just as he put his legs on the wall, he heard Teacher Xie speak.
"stand at attention."
A group of girls immediately stood up, holding their heads high and standing in a row consciously.
"This is the makeup artist who just came to our art troupe today, Comrade Su." Teacher Xie stood next to Su Nan, looked around at everyone, and then quietly began to introduce them.
"Hello everyone, I'm Su Nan." Su Nan bent down slightly, bowed politely and greeted them.
The young and energetic girls looked at their good friends and couldn't help chattering, until Teacher Xie clapped his palms with a whip, and 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 began to explain: "Comrade Ning has been expelled."
Being fired rather than voluntarily resigning, although both express that the person is no longer in the art troupe, there is a world of difference between the two.
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the training room again, because the news was too sudden, without any signs, and they were now a little bit unconvinced.
After all, Sister Ning has been working as a makeup artist in the art troupe 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.
"Comrade Su, you can watch us rehearse later and think about what kind of makeup to 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, then turned around to supervise them to continue their preparations.
Su Nan turned around and sat down on a stool nearby, 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 in return had she earned the "privilege" of always having a better and more beautiful makeup than others.
Now all her efforts have gone to waste. 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 touches her face at the night party? 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 night party, the city art troupe only had four programs, including two group dances, a duet, and a chorus.
The others are handled by several other nearby city art troupes.
Where there is a stage, there will naturally be competition and contest. Huiping City, as the organizer, naturally wants to take the lead more than others on its own turf.
This is not only a matter of face, but also a matter of development.
This evening party will host several big shots from Beijing and Shanghai. If they perform well enough, they will be remembered, and they will be the first ones to be thought of when there are any good policies and plans in the future.
The art troupe put a lot of thought and energy into making this evening party a success and perfect, striving for perfection in every aspect.
But at this critical juncture, someone reported under their real name that the art troupe's dedicated makeup artist had close contacts with the top leaders of art troupes 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 Art Troupe began to look for a new makeup artist, but these days there are really not many people who know how to do makeup.
Even if she knows how to put on makeup, her technique is not good enough. She looks uglier with makeup than without. Isn't this a joke?
While everyone was anxious, Chen Youshan accidentally found a makeup artist with excellent makeup skills for her aunt, Deputy Head of the Group 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 19 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 good looks, and the role of the 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. Anyway, he couldn't find anyone else, so 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 have their own characteristics. With the interpretation of dozens of young women, it is truly a visual feast. Now they are just performing in ordinary training clothes, but they are already so outstanding.
How shocking it would be if she put on professional costumes and makeup?
Su Nan, a layman, watched with great interest and admiration. However, the experts in the art troupe kept adjusting the shortcomings and defects in the performance, hoping to make it perfect. This requires constant pursuit of excellence and perseverance.
After watching for a long time, Su Nan realized something. It seemed that she was the only makeup artist in this art troupe. Wouldn't she have to do makeup for dozens of people on Lantern Festival? 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.
*
Wutong Street in Sang'an County was exceptionally quiet today. The windows of the courtyard were closed. A ray of sunlight shone through the gap onto the bed, illuminating the figure of the person lying on it.
The tall body was curled up on the bed without a blanket covering him. His face was abnormally flushed, his thin lips were particularly pale, his forehead was covered with sweat, his brows were furrowed, and he looked extremely uncomfortable.
In his hand was a crumpled piece of paper with beautiful handwriting on it. Every word showed concern for him, and only mentioned her lover at the end.
Suddenly, the fingers holding the paper moved, and Zhou Rang opened his eyes.
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