After waiting for a long time, Lin Mo didn't see the director. Lin Mo simply found someone else and went to the makeup artist to check the situation. Unfortunately, he was a little disappointed. Although the makeup artist had some skills, he was far inferior to his psychological skills.
expected.
However, the makeup artist also pointed Lin Mo in the right direction, to find an assistant director for the film. Compared with the director, he is more familiar with the domestic situation. Most of these people are assistant directors, such as makeup artists, cameramen, set props editors, etc.
If you look for it, you might be able to find something with the assistant director.
I found the busy assistant director on the set, and after a few words of greeting, Lin Mo made it clear that he wanted a master with superb makeup skills and a deep understanding and research of makeup and even disguise.
That's right, it's research and not just craftsmanship, which is equivalent to the difference between a painter and a painter. A painter can paint with perfect marks, but a painter can create brand new paintings by himself. What Lin Mo needs now is someone who can do research.
Creative talent.
"It seems that there is indeed a person who meets the requirements you mentioned. Let me introduce his situation to you. Listen, if you want to recruit this person, you have a high chance of success."
Xu Bowen, 27 years old, married, originally from Huzhou, Zhejiang, graduated from a well-known American university with a master's degree in chemistry. He also wanted to pursue his own life like Lin Heng, but unfortunately the results were disappointing.
Deputy Director Yang Yuncheng introduced Lin Mo to Lin Mo starting from Xu Bowen's family background. The ancestors of the Xu family were from a troupe family and had been involved in the opera business and running theater troupes since the mid-Qing Dynasty.
Under the management of several generations, by the Tongzhi period, it had become a large-scale theater troupe with both reputation and fame along the Taihu Lake. It was also at this time that the Xu Family Troupe welcomed an ambitious new troupe leader.
This new leader, relying on the reputation and reputation accumulated by his ancestors, has successively brought out many famous characters, and then used some extremely shameful means to obtain large sums of money and connections.
Relying on the wealth obtained through dishonest means and the family business accumulated by his ancestors, this man built many theaters in various towns along Taihu Lake in a few years, and transformed himself into a wealthy businessman with a small fortune.
After that, the business gradually expanded to the entire Jiangnan region. Many opera teahouses and theaters have shares of the Xu family. Nowadays, some large theaters, theaters, and dance halls in Shanghai are also rumored to have shares of the Xu family.
He was from Huzhou and had a lot of family assets. Lin Mo estimated that the other party was also a member of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium, but he was not a wealthy family. He had no business dealings with the Lin family in the past. Lin Mo had never heard of or had any contact with him.
Let's get back to the topic, although this ambitious class leader suddenly became a wealthy businessman, his status was really not high and he was often ridiculed and ridiculed by others.
This was normal. After all, it was still the feudal era at that time. The people were peasants, farmers, and merchants, and their business background was at the lowest level. His family's ancestors had a background in running theater troupes and even singing operas. In addition, the means of making a fortune were not glorious, so naturally people looked down upon him.
The class leader was an ambitious man, but his background seriously hindered his ambition. Unwilling to accept it, he finally chose to develop into an official family, spending money to let his children and grandchildren study, and embarked on the path of many wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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However, the imperial examinations in the Qing Dynasty had restrictions on birth, and opera singers were not allowed to participate for three generations in the future. The class leader and his father were fine. Although they ran a theater, they had never performed on stage and sang in operas. After spending money to smooth it out, it would not affect it. However, the class leader's grandfather was a regular
Erba has been on stage and singing for half his life, but he can't communicate, so the leader's children are not qualified to refer to him.
If the son's generation is not good, then the grandson's generation will come. The class leader's sons have all become biological children early. Under the guidance of teachers hired with large sums of money, there are indeed several grandchildren who have achieved satisfactory results and are expected to be admitted to the scholar or even the imperial examination.
It's a pity that the Qing Dynasty... died! The imperial examination... is also gone! The grandson who once "succeeded in learning" has become what others call a sour scholar and a rotten scholar...
The class leader, who was already old, still refused to give up. He used money and connections to take advantage of the chaos of the current situation to arrange public offices for his grandchildren. Unfortunately, under the background of the new school being in power, it did not cause any splash.
On the other hand, all the old masters in the family were immediately dismissed, and new teachers who returned from studying abroad and paid a lot of money to teach the younger generations.
When Xu Bowen was only six years old, he was the second son of the second son of the class leader, the second son of the class leader, who was also the son of a concubine.
In Sun Tzu, basically no one cares.
Due to the experience of the troupe leader, no one in the Xu family wanted to take over the opera troupe, which was their ancestral business. However, the Xu family's property was closely related to opera, and they had to maintain the troupe. They pushed it back and forth, and finally gave it to the second wife who was a concubine.
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The second wife didn't want to pay too much attention to the theater troupe, and was finally pushed to the father and brother of the side room. Although the father and brother of the side room came from a clean family, they lived in poverty and had no intention of picking and choosing. The whole family went to battle and devoted themselves to the theater troupe.
Xu Bowen was a little transparent when he was young. He couldn't get along with his cousins at home, but he had a good relationship with his cousin who was in the theater troupe.
Perhaps it was through subtle influences, or perhaps for other reasons, that young Xu Bowen developed a strong interest in opera and the stage.
However, as a concubine, he has lived in a special environment since he was a child. He is psychologically sensitive, delicate, cautious, and has a precocious mind. He is very aware of the trouble he will cause by doing so. He has never shown it, but sometimes stares at the stage and rehearsals.
The actor was stunned.
It's a pity that some things are like springs. The more you press, the greater the feedback force. Opera to Xu Bowen is like today's games and children. The more you don't let him touch and the less you let him play, the more curious he becomes.
My yearning grew more and more, until one day it rebounded crazily...
The same goes for Xu Bowen. As time went by and grew, the thing was like a kitten scratching his heart, and he became more and more eager. Slowly, when he was alone, he secretly learned to practice gestures like an actor.
Later, without being discovered, he became bolder and secretly made costumes and props for singing operas. He secretly put on opera makeup in his room. The bed became his stage and he was addicted to his own world.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! If he were to do this simply, there might be room for concealment or redemption. Unfortunately, he showed his talent in learning, even if he was addicted to his own world.
His grades are still far ahead of other children in the family.
The Xu family's expectations and attention for him have become higher and higher as time goes by. It is not known who discovered that he was addicted to drama and quietly revealed it.
This time, the old head of the Xu family became furious. Both the second house and Xu Bowen's parents were implicated and severely punished by the old head. After a series of turmoil, Xu Bowen was forcibly adopted by the old head and given to the first house. It was also at this time that
, who was renamed Xu Bowen.
When he arrived at the big house, Xu Bowen's treatment was pretty good. Apart from the fact that he was strictly prohibited from being involved in dramas, he was given a lot of care and attention. However, most of the care and attention was only for utilitarian purposes. The psychologically sensitive Xu Bowen was deeply trapped.
Of course, having been driven out of his own world, he could only bury his love for drama deep in his heart and do what others wanted him to do in accordance with the expectations of the Xu family.
The desire that has not yet been released is suppressed again, and will eventually usher in a more violent explosion. On the surface, Xu Bowen calmed down, concentrated on his studies, and even skipped a grade. When he turned seventeen, he completed his high school coursework and graduated successfully.
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At this time, Xu Bowen proposed to the Xu family that they wanted to study abroad. The Xu family did not object, but there were some differences between the two parties regarding the location and major of studying abroad.
Professionally, what Xu Bowen longs for is drama and performing arts, which he has always wanted to do, but he certainly doesn't dare to mention it, otherwise wouldn't all the years of covering it up be in vain?
So Xu Bowen set his sights on the science major, where he had better grades. Anyway, his primary goal was to escape from the control of the Xu family. At that time, his idea was very extreme. Once he got out, he could do whatever he wanted!
But the Xu family's intention is that they hope that he will study liberal arts. One is literature, and he will become a great writer in the future, so that the Xu family can gain a reputation as an heir of poetry and calligraphy. The other is to study finance, politics, and law.
In the language category, he will pursue an official career in the future and benefit the Xu family.
The Xu family had the idea of letting him study literature because Xu Bowen had the best academic performance in Chinese studies. This is understandable. After all, behind the opera is the long-standing Chinese culture, and Xu Bowen was more concerned about it.
However, Xu Bowen easily dismissed the Xu family's thoughts. His reason was that famous domestic literati often made reactionary remarks, which might bring trouble to the family.
Although this statement is a bit extreme and confuses the matter, at a time when the country is in danger and the nation is in ruins, most well-known literati are people who are concerned about the country and the people. The statement is naturally "reactionary", and the Xu family naturally does not dare to get involved.
As for the other majors that the Xu family favored, Xu Bowen was not willing to learn them. He knew that once he learned these, the Xu family's hopes for him would be even greater in the future, and he would lose too much room for maneuver.
However, these majors are not so easy to fool around. Xu Bowen negotiated many times but failed to convince the Xu family. Finally, he made it clear that he did not want to study these majors and was resolute. The Xu family made concessions and allowed Xu Bowen to apply for the second place in the exam.
Good chemistry.
The Xu family's concession was based on the fact that they would not be able to use the family in the future. If they were forced too much and resented the family, the gain would outweigh the losses.
Secondly, times have also changed. The advent of the Republic of China has had a huge impact on feudal ideology. The status of merchants has risen, and the impact of family background on the Xu family's business has been greatly reduced. The Xu family's old head still holds grudges about the past.
, the thinking of the younger generation has changed, and the old leader is getting older, the Xu family is also undercurrent...
For various reasons, the Xu family made certain compromises, and the places to study abroad were similar. The Xu family preferred Japan, which was relatively close, while Xu Bowen preferred the UK. After all, there were dramas there, and more importantly, it was on the other side of the world, far enough away from the Xu family.
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The Xu family's concession this time was because Xu Bowen had learned English by himself from a teacher when he was in school. The Xu family had no choice but to choose the United States, which also spoke English and was closer than the United Kingdom.
If this was the only way, the Xu family and Xu Bowen could still have a romantic relationship. Unexpectedly, the old boss actually did something stupid again and forced a marriage on Xu Bowen. He also quickly consummated the marriage and used some tricks to make the newlywed wife
Xu Bowen got pregnant with his child before he went abroad.
The old team leader may be very shrewd, and he may have seen through Xu Bowen's thoughts, but his methods are not flattering. I can only say that it is too difficult to change after getting used to those disgraceful methods and reaping the benefits.
The Xu family and the Lin family are two different examples. The Lin family will also use some shady means to achieve their goals, but these will be strictly restricted and the underage children of the Lin family will basically have no access to them, let alone use them on their own family members.
Returning to the original topic, Xu Bowen, who was exhausted both physically and mentally, finally left the Xu family and went to the United States alone, where he was successfully admitted to the chemistry department of a well-known American university.
After experiencing so much, Xu Bowen also grew up a lot. Although he first entered the American campus and joined the drama club, he went crazy for a while, but he soon calmed down and concentrated on his studies.
Of course, he still participates in the normal activities of the troupe, but the obsession he had for many years has dissipated, and what remains is just a hobby.
But when the Xu family, who had been paying attention to him, got some words, the old leader Xu became furious, stubbornly believing that he would not change his ways, and cut off Xu Bowen's financial resources as a warning.
The loss of financial resources did give Xu Bowen some troubles, but they were quickly resolved. Because he was in the business of painting makeup and making costumes and props when he was young, Xu Bowen picked up makeup and costumes very quickly in the theater troupe, and he quickly became more advanced.
With great speed, he quickly took over a large amount of makeup and costume work for the troupe, and his skills further improved. With this skill, he gained a lot of respect and friends in the troupe.
One of his friends, who had some connections in the American entertainment industry, learned about his plight and introduced him to a makeup master who worked part-time for actors and theaters doing general makeup, special effects makeup, and costume preparation.
When I was waiting for work, I started out as a handyman, doing a little bit of everything.
However, Xu Bowen got started quickly and had a solid foundation. He quickly learned exquisite makeup techniques from the makeup masters. Whether it was ordinary makeup or special effects makeup, Xu Bowen was competent at it, which earned him a lot of money.
remuneration.
Xu Bowen has been doing this part-time job for nearly three years. Even if the Xu family restored his financial resources, he has not stopped. He has mastered his makeup skills to perfection.
However, he only had one year to get started personally. In the remaining two years, he basically only worked behind the scenes, using his professional knowledge to research and prepare some makeup products for the makeup master, or participate in the production of some emerging products.
latex special effects mask.
After graduating from his undergraduate degree, Xu Bowen chose to join a cosmetics company and engage in cosmetics research. Well... these four years of rich life experience have made him mature and take the initiative to plan the rest of his life.
Because of his rich practical and research experience in college, he achieved fruitful research results within one year and won the attention of the company, which approved his application for further study with salary.
It's just that Xu Bowen graduated with a master's degree and was ready to continue his studies. However, Xu Bowen's old class teacher could no longer tolerate this grandson who had lost control for many years. Some unknown means were used to cause problems with Xu Bowen's documents, and he had no choice but to return to China.
Moreover, because the contract with the cosmetics company could not be performed, the liquidated damages almost wiped out Xu Bowen's accumulation over the years. With one move, Xu Bowen was able to get rid of his salary. If Xu Bowen was still 17 or 18 years old, he would probably be able to walk away.