Chapter 166 - 140: The Beginning of the Scandal

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Chapter 166: Chapter 140: The Beginning of the Scandal Zhou Yun finally understood what Li Chunhong meant by "What do you know". It turns out that a person can really be both critically ill and still look good. Ghost Hand Divine Skill. After the makeup was set, Li Chunhong’s apprentice took a set of photos of Zhou Yun from various angles, printed them out right away, and sent them to Kang Xin as instructed by Li Chunhong. Half an hour later, Kang Xin’s feedback came back. It’s good, use this as the standard and decide on all the makeup looks from beginning to end. Zhou Yun wondered, what is meant by makeup looks from beginning to end? She was again pushed into the seat. This time Li Chunhong did not lift a finger, letting his apprentice take over. Zhou Yun could clearly feel the apprentice’s hands trembling with nervousness. Li Chunhong stood behind with his arms crossed over his chest, glancing at his apprentice, and coldly said, "Do you want me to drape a coat over you?" The apprentice swallowed and finally began the makeup. Zhou Yun actually sympathized with the apprentice’s nervousness, with a mentor like Li Chunhong, who was so serious and had an ominous presence, she would be nervous too. "I’m telling you, the most basic technique is to use a pale complexion to indicate the character’s weakness. Don’t you dare come up with that," Li Chunhong lectured, "First replicate the makeup I just did. I want to see it, think first in your head, consider how to adjust it for when her condition slightly improves, don’t just know how to apply powder." Zhou Yun was startled. So there’s even such attention to detail? The changes in the illness have to be reflected in the makeup? The apprentice did have Kung Fu, gradually becoming less nervous. The replication was somewhat successful, although not fluent, the result was about right. Li Chunhong pointed out a few details that the apprentice had missed and then let him proceed to adjust the makeup into one that showed an "improvement in illness". Finally, the apprentice stood for several minutes, slightly removing the shadow on Zhou Yun’s cheekbones then stopped. Is it really that simple? Zhou Yun was surprised. Could it be that the apprentice couldn’t think of a better idea and just gave up? But her reflection in the mirror indeed... looked a little healthier. Literally nothing else had changed, just a slight adjustment to the shadow. Li Chunhong nodded approvingly. "Not too stupid, if you dared to change the makeup directly, I would have expelled you from my tutelage today," Li Chunhong sneered. The apprentice scratched his head, saying, "Teacher Li, does that mean I’ve passed?" "You’ve passed." Zhou Yun was confused. After Li Chunhong left, the apprentice was still packing up, Zhou Yun asked, "What did Teacher Li mean just now? Why can’t the makeup be changed directly?" The apprentice explained, "Directly changing the makeup can make a visible change in a person’s condition, making it obvious that the illness has improved, but that doesn’t flow with the plot. I adjusted the shadow effect on your cheeks, mainly to make your face look like it has a bit more collagen, to bring back some spirit. In the future, based on the timeline and state of each scene, I will adjust the present makeup accordingly, it will look very normal on camera." Zhou Yun was amazed. Such attention to detail. "Sorry, Miss Zhou, I was nervous when I did your makeup because my mentor was here, my hand was a bit shaky, it’s not usually like that," the apprentice added. Zhou Yun smiled and asked, "What’s your name?" "Li Li." "You look pretty young." "I’m only eighteen," Li Li said with a shy smile. Zhou Yun exclaimed, "That’s so young." Li Li said, "I have been studying with my master for a year now." "Wow, so you started learning makeup with Teacher Li when you were seventeen?" Zhou Yun was shocked. At this age, shouldn’t one be in high school? Li Li said, "Yeah, I was in a vocational high school. When I saw the recruitment ad for the master’s studio, I signed up." So that’s how it was. "Then I should head off. I’ll come do your makeup tomorrow," Li Li said. "Thank you so much," Zhou Yun smiled and nodded. Li Li looked at Zhou Yun with a somewhat strange expression. "What’s the matter?" Zhou Yun asked. "Aren’t you curious why master isn’t the one doing your makeup?" Li Li said, "When Su Yan found out that the makeup she usually wears is only done by the master’s assistant, she even got mad about it." Zhou Yun: "How could Teacher Li do my makeup every day? It’s enough for me that he decides on my makeup, I’m already quite content." Li Li: "Then you’re more reasonable than Su Yan." "Don’t tell others about this conversation." "I’m not foolish; I’m not clueless like her," Li Li said disdainfully, with a curl of his lip, "She even wants the master to personally do her makeup every day. Does she think she’s a diva or a megastar? Even divas and megastars can’t afford to have the master do their makeup every day." Li Chunhong had the credentials to say such things. His appearance fee was not low at all; Zhou Yun had seen his quotes and was truly astonished. Usually, only for very important events would people be willing to spend a lot of money to have Li Chunhong do the job. Li Li followed his master away. That evening, Zhou Yun had wanted to invite Song Chi for dinner, but the male lead had a heavy workload and couldn’t find time to have dinner with her. Zhou Yun received tomorrow’s call sheet and went back to the hotel to get ready. The painful part of historical dramas as compared to modern ones was here; the styling time was more than double. She had to arrive at the set for makeup at seven in the morning, and early in the great Qing there was a scene to shoot. Before going to sleep, Zhou Yun suddenly felt a little nervous. For the filming tomorrow, for the first scene as Liu Rusu. Since she went to bed early, getting up early wasn’t too hard for Zhou Yun, it wasn’t that painful. Zhou Yun skipped breakfast and just had a glass of milk. The character Liu Rusu is a historical beauty, who is even more demanding on weight than a modern beauty. Especially since Li Chunhong’s words yesterday reminded her, she needed to look leaner and less nourished as she would be playing sick scenes for some time. Zhou Yun instructed Zheng Xiaojue, "You have to keep an eye on me. For the next few days, I won’t eat meat, only vegetables." Zheng Xiaojue gave Zhou Yun a thumbs up and said, "Sister Xiao Yun, I really admire you. If you say no meat, then no meat. I feel uncomfortable without meat in a single meal." Zhou Yun just smiled. The production team had arranged a special car to take Zhou Yun to the set. Upon arriving at the set, Zhou Yun went straight into the makeup room. Li Li was already waiting there, but to Zhou Yun’s surprise, Li Chunhong was also there. She was very surprised and asked, "Teacher Li, what brings you here?" Li Chunhong, with a tablet in his hand, not looking up from it, said, "Change into your costume before makeup." Zhou Yun didn’t know where to go. A woman in her forties smiled at her and said, "Follow me." Ten minutes later, Zhou Yun walked out wearing a mud-stained dress covered with a bathrobe, even her shoes had been changed. "Sit," Li Li said.

Chapter 166 - 140: The Beginning of the Scandal

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