Volume 4: Beginning of Spring Chapter 40 Modeling
On the day of the recording, Jiang You and Ma Yi arrived at the studio at around 4 o'clock. They checked their tickets, passed the security check smoothly, and found the chairs with seat numbers on them and sat down.
They sat in the third row.
The chair had a narrow seat and a low backrest, with a bottle of purified water on it.
Ma Yi took off his backpack and put it on the ground.
"Security here is not very strict," he said.
"The people who are checking security are human beings," Jiang You stretched his legs forward, trying to make himself more comfortable. "The program needs publicity and popularity, and the officials need to have an official attitude. Some things are not easy to be exposed by themselves, right? So we need fans and so-called internal staff to spread gossip and materials, whether real or fake, to provoke war."
"How come you know all this so well?"
Jiang You took out a candy box from his pocket and said, "Would you like to have one? It contains lutein, which is good for your eyesight?"
"One."
Buzz buzz buzz...
The phone vibrates.
Jiang You took out his cell phone and it said it was a courier, so he picked up the phone.
"Yes, if I'm not here, you can put it outside the door, or next door..."
"The yard door is open, so put it inside. OK, thank you."
He hung up the phone and turned to look at Ma Yi, "I bought some books and sent them to you."
The seats were filled up one after another.
A man in a white suit walked onto the stage. He was the host, Tan Long. He tested the microphone and said, "Now we're going to take a few shots. I'll count to three, two, one, and then everyone applaud..."
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The courier put a box of books in front of the flower bed.
He stood up, looked around, and walked out. He opened the door and got in. The van turned a corner and disappeared around the corner.
The gate to the yard suddenly closed.
A little boy jumped down from a swing flying in the air, and after landing, he staggered to the cardboard box.
He squatted down and looked at the delivery note on the box.
The orders fell.
The tape unwinds automatically.
The cardboard box was opened. Inside were books. Jiang Mo stared at the books for a while, then looked up at the window of the master bedroom. The window opened halfway automatically. He reached out and picked up a book and threw it toward the window.
Pop.
The book fell to the ground.
Then he stood up.
The books in the box flew out one by one and formed a small circle in the air.
Jiang Mo pointed.
The book immediately accelerated and crashed into the window.
Snap… snap… snap snap…
Bang!
Suddenly there was a loud noise.
Jiang Mo looked up and saw that a book had smashed into the window from the unopened half. The window was broken and broken glass fell down.
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Ma Yi nudged Jiang You's arm with his elbow.
Jiang You frowned and opened his eyes. He heard Ma Yi whisper to him, "You are snoring."
"Is it?"
Jiang You found purified water at the foot of the chair. He opened the lid and drank half of the bottle in one breath. He said, "The air conditioner is too hot in here. I feel a little dizzy."
He looked up at the stage.
Yang Xuan has already come on stage.
She wore a loose light blue shirt tied at the waist and white hot pants. She had no fat on her waist and her thighs were round and plump.
Zhusha sat next to her, wearing a red dress.
Jiang You took another sip of water.
"What is this program about? Why is a doctor here?" Ma Yi asked.
"I think he's some kind of psychologist. How are your photos?"
"Look," Ma Yi handed the camera to Jiang You, "I saw them all started taking pictures, so I took some. Just now when Liu Zeyan came out, there was a girl who was really wild. She rushed to the front and was pulled away by the security guards."
Jiang You flipped through the photos and said, "It's pretty good."
After reading it, he returned the camera to Ma Yi and said, "I'll sleep a little longer. If I start snoring, wake me up."
"Aren't you her fan?"
"It's a fan," Jiang You covered the light with his hand, "I'm a fan of stars. I like to follow them through the screen. The kind that is well shot, well done in post-production, and then the subtitles and other things are added. The finished product tells me where to laugh and where to start to be sentimental. It's not this kind. No, this light is too dazzling. I'm nearsighted and can't stand it."
" Yang Xuan, I heard that you dropped out of school in your first year of high school?" The host walked up to Yang Xuan.
The camera followed.
"Yes, I was in my rebellious period at that time and was easily impulsive."
“Is it difficult to drop out of school, leave your family, and live alone?”
"It's okay. I took a few hundred dollars from home. When I was about to run out of money, I saw a convenience store looking for a clerk, so I went in to ask. The lady boss probably felt sorry for me, so she took me in."
“So you started working as a clerk?”
"Yes."
"How long have you been doing this?"
"A few months, the boss lady is very good at business. We are a store in the community, and there is a school nearby. In addition to some regular drinks and snacks in the store, the boss lady often pays attention to what is popular now, such as food and entertainment. Then she will search for manufacturers and call them to negotiate the purchase price. The price she sells is a little cheaper than Taobao, just a little cheaper," Yang Xuan said, "but buying and selling in real life is different from buying and selling online. In real life, I can stand next to her and introduce the products, and the price is indeed a little cheaper, so it is easy to sell."
Yang Xuan began to talk about her experience of learning how to do business in a very eloquent manner.
The host had to interrupt her and asked, "Why did you leave later?"
"Later, I started selling clothes. I took the clothes from a warehouse and sold them by the pound. They were very cheap. Then I found a place with a large flow of people and built a shed. After the large goods were sold, the small items at the back were…"
"Then why did you come to be in a girl group?" The host interrupted Yang Xuan again.
"I was selling clay pot stir-fried dishes at the night market at that time, and a friend of mine kept coming to eat there. Later, that place was closed, so he introduced me to it..."
"Go and be an idol." The host took over.
"right."
"What do you think?"
Yang Xuan thought for a moment and said, "I need to find the right channel to purchase goods and reduce costs. If the profit is less than 30%, since I don't have a fixed store and I don't stock up on goods, the risk will be very high. So I also need to find the right customers."
Ma Yi laughed, "She's quite funny."
"The host probably wanted to sensationalize the topic," Jiang You sat up straighter, "She has a good attitude."
"Okay, then, I heard that you spent the New Year with your mother this year, right?" The host changed the subject.
"Yes."
"Do you hate your parents now?"
Yang Xuan's expression froze for a moment, then she smiled, "It's okay. It's better now than before."
The corners of Zhu Sha's mouth curled up.
The lights on the stage dimmed.
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Jiang Mo went upstairs and looked at the empty workbench. The door of the master bedroom opened, and books flew out one after another. They were stacked on the workbench to form a semicircular lid. After stacking them, he thought for a moment, walked downstairs, and took out a white spider sculpture from the drawer of the counter. He placed the spider on the top of the lid.
The sky gradually darkened.
In the evening glow, a man wearing a black hoodie with the hood up walked past the gate of the yard.
Jiang Mo glanced outside.
The yard door opened for a moment and then closed again.
The man was pulled in, his hat fell off, his eyes were horrible, almost no whites, all black...
He tried to struggle, but the spider silk stuck to his lips and limbs, and he was pressed under the window covered with glass shards.
Jiang Mo walked out of the store.
He looked at the window with a hole in it and the man under the window.
He nodded.
