Chapter 27: A Meeting

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

An air stewardess’s makeup was not complicated. This was especially true when Jiang Se was still young with translucent skin. Even without applying foundation, her skin was still in good condition.

Derrick was still considering the different shades of lip gloss in his box when Jiang Se heard another person entering the makeup room. It was a girl who spoke with a flirtatious giggle.

“Brother Liu, when is my part going to be filmed?”

Jiang Se found the voice familiar. With her good memory, she immediately thought of someone.

It was the girl who had told her about the audition in the first place, the one whom she met by the fountain when she went to the Imperial Film Academy.

“Do you know her, Miss Jiang?” Derrick shone a bright light on Jiang Se’s face and examined her exquisite looks. Then, he turned and switched to a brow brush. He dabbed some eyebrow powder onto it and gently brushed her brows.

Jiang Se did not conceal any information from him. She replied with a smile, “We’ve met once.”

Given that the entertainment industry was small, it was normal to run into somebody you knew.

Derrick brushed her brows and looked at her face again. He exclaimed emotionally, “Your brows are shaped nicely. All they need are some light makeup.”

The tone of Jiang Se’s eyebrows was on the light side like the shade of a mountain viewed from afar. Derrick did not darken her brows with dye. Instead, he applied some color onto them. Her slightly slanted eyes were accentuated by this simple addition. Her skin looked exceptionally fair and she had a slightly elegant air about herself.

Derrick admired her looks for a second before taking the lip gloss which he had picked.

“That’s Dai Jia. Her role is Hang Yuyi’s ex-girlfriend in the film.”

Jiang Se did not register much of a change in her expression when she heard this. Her character in “Pretense to Reality” had two sets of lines. However, the character of the ex-girlfriend had many more lines and a much higher appearance rate.

Since she was an ex-girlfriend, she naturally shared some scenes with the male lead.

For newcomers to the industry, this was a rare opportunity. After all, Hang Yuyi was in the prime of his fame and had many fans. Therefore, the newcomers acting with him would easily receive more attention from the fans as well.

Derrick applied a layer of lipstick on Jiang Se’s lips before applying the lip gloss. He picked a peach shade. When the non-generic color was applied onto Jiang Se’s lips, the effect was shocking.

Jiang Se glanced at her own reflection in the mirror. After finishing her conversation with the stage manager, Dai Jia looked over and noticed her right away.

At this moment, there were many people inside the makeup room. However, even among the multitude of beautiful girls, Jiang Se stood out.

She met Dai Jia’s gaze in the mirror. Since the two of them had only met once, Jiang Se thought that Dai Jia would not remember her. To her surprise, Dai Jia paused for a while, finished her conversation with the stage manager, and walked toward her in her high heels.

In the script, the male lead, Zhou Rongshen had an ex-girlfriend, Yang Yun, who was a slightly domineering and egocentric woman. She was full of confidence in her work abilities and her outer appearance.

Jiang Se suddenly remembered the scenes in which Yang Yun appeared in the script. When she saw Dai Jia behind her through the mirror, she felt that this character suited Dai Jia very well.

“We meet again. What a coincidence.”

She was still some distance away, but Jiang Se could already pick up her perfume.

Dai Jia wore a black girdled dress. When she rested her hands on Jiang Se’s chair, her arms squeezed her voluptuous breasts so that her cleavage furrowed deeply.

Jiang Se greeted her with a smile, “What a coincidence indeed.”

After their simple pleasantries, the stage manager called Dai Jia over to change into her costume.

The extras began arriving. Although many of the air stewardesses had no lines, the girls who showed up were all thinking of making an impression on the director.

The makeup room was slowly filled with more people, so Jiang Se went to the next room to wait after her look was styled. She flipped through the script.

About half an hour later, someone sat beside her. Without even having to turn her head, Jiang Se could tell that this person was Dai Jia from her scent.

“You’re playing Miss Zhang, right?” Dai Jia sat down and wanted to pass Jiang Se a chewing gum, but Jiang Se shook her head.

“Thanks.”

Jiang Se was in an air stewardess’s uniform. Dai Jia had clearly gone through the script as well. When she saw that Jiang Se did not deny it, she sighed. “You’re a lucky one.”

Jiang Se put the script down and turned to face her. “It’s thanks to your tipoff as well.”

She had already changed into her costume. She wore a gray blouse paired with a bright red A-line skirt. Her hair had been styled as well, giving her a slightly mature look.

The corporate look was incredibly sexy on her. Her breasts were like surging waves as the buttons on the front of her blouse seemed to be struggling to stay intact.

When Dai Jia heard Jiang Se say this, she curled her red lips slightly.

“Don’t give me that.” She was appraising Jiang Se. “All I gave you was some information to repay you for your favor. Your success or failure in the audition was completely up to you. It has nothing to do with me.”

Although she said this, Jiang Se thanked her anyway. “Regardless, it’s because of the information that I was able to go to the audition.”

She chewed on the gum in her mouth. “You have pretty good qualities. Why’re you stuck with Miss Zhang? That character doesn’t have much screen time.” Dai Jia recalled the day the two of them met. When Jiang Se told her that she merely wanted to be an extra, she thought that Jiang Se had been kidding. Although the character Miss Zhang was not completely a background role, she did not have many lines.

Dai Jia raised her eyebrows. “Don’t tell me that you’re just like the people in the next room. Are you content with showing up on screen twice just because of your ideals?”

“No.” Jiang Se smiled. “It’s because I’m poor.”

This clearly caught Dai Jia off-guard. A long while later, she could not stifle her laughter and began chuckling loudly. She did not expect Jiang Se to say that the reason she wanted to join the cast was that she was poor.

Jiang Se had her makeup done some time ago. She had been sitting there for more than 45 minutes. However, judging by the looks of her air stewardess’s uniform, Jiang Se had barely moved all this time. Her back was straight, and there was not even a single wrinkle on her skirt.

This was not an easy feat to accomplish. At the very least, she would have to grow up in a rich family with a strict upbringing to conduct herself in such a way.

However, Jiang Se was telling her that she was poor. Dai Jia burst out with a second fit of laughter.

Jiang Se did not smile since she was truly poor. However, Dai Jia’s eyes told her that she did not believe her claim in the least. She did not bother to explain herself. She changed the topic. “You have a scene with Hang Yuyi later. Are you sure you have the time to be chatting with me here?”

“Please, who’s Hang Yuyi? The character I’m playing…” When Dai Jia mentioned her own character, her expression darkened swiftly. She reached out to tease her long, curly hair. There was a mocking look in her eyes.

“I don’t even know when I’m going on camera today. I’ll have to wait until Hang Yuyi and Zhao Ruoyun are done before it’s my turn.” When she said this, she looked at Jiang Se again. “As for you, I can’t even be sure about your timing.”

Jiang Se was prepared for the situation she was describing, thus she was not surprised. Dai Jia continued, “Director Gu is seeking to perfect something that’s already outstanding. I heard that the dress rehearsal in the cockpit today will be just that: a dress rehearsal. The crew rented a plane but not for long, so to reduce the frequencies of NGs, we’re practically here to rehearse the scene.”