"Or, how about this," Yang Shoulin finally conceded and said, "I’ll clean up the makeup room properly, ask everyone else to leave, and I can guarantee that you’ll be the only one there doing makeup. Is that alright now?"
Actually, this was already a significant concession from Director Yang, but Wang Yinghui still grumbled with great grievance, "Ah, just thinking about those seats being sat on by all sorts of people makes me uncomfortable. But fine, I’ll endure the hardships. I’ll just suffer a bit for the crew."
Despite his reluctance and dissatisfaction, he followed Director Yang to get his makeup done.
Wang Hao and the others exchanged looks—acting all noble for the crew? Did your face not turn red when saying that, mate?
You’d think that would be the end of the makeup issue, right?
But just after Wang Yinghui entered the makeup room, the crew’s makeup artist, Liu Hong, stormed out furiously and upon seeing Director Yang he yelled, "Director Yang, I can’t do this anymore! I want to go home! Home! I’m done! I’m not serving him anymore!"
"What’s wrong with Liu, get so worked up?!" When Director Yang saw Liu Hong’s state, his heart sank, but after all, he was an experienced director with excellent composure, and he asked patiently, "Don’t panic, take it slow. What’s the issue that we can’t sit down and talk about, right?"
"Talk? How can we talk?!" Liu Hong, red-faced and neck bulging, roared, "That guy actually said a male makeup artist can’t do his makeup; he doesn’t want people to think he’s gay! Damn it, I’ve been doing makeup for more than a decade, do I really need to change my gender for him?!"
Hearing this, Wang Hao and the others gaped in astonishment!
What a drama queen Wang Yinghui was being! A male makeup artist can’t do his makeup?! Liu Hong is a respected makeup artist on set—everyone would give him a thumbs-up. Look at how professionally he did the makeup for Jun-you, and he even took lessons from Ice Princess’s personal makeup artist, Su Hongye, recently—his skills are top-notch now!
Are we really supposed to change makeup artists now?!
"Is that really the case?" Director Yang was also frustrated, realizing he couldn’t ask Liu Hong to change his gender. So he scratched his head fiercely, feeling utterly overwhelmed.
"Never mind, just wait a bit; I’ll go take a look." In the end, Director Yang helplessly shrugged. "Liu, you know how it is, we’re somewhat helpless. We’ve already signed a contract worth 20 million in salary; even if he’s being difficult, we have to bear with it. Otherwise, what can we do? It’d be even worse if it led to a breach of contract due to the crew, right?"
"But I know that," Liu Hong responded dejectedly as he saw Director Yang head in, "But he’s really being too much! Out of over a hundred people in our crew, everyone waited for him all morning; Zhang even ran to the highway just to get him water. I thought that would be it, but then he insisted on not having any male makeup artists! The other female makeup artists in our crew are all apprentices. He’s the lead actor—if the makeup isn’t good, who gets blamed?"
"I understand, of course," Director Yang sighed, "But what can we do? Just endure it for now, slowly get used to it, it’ll get better, right?"
"Alright," as an old classmate, Liu Hong had to give face to Director Yang and immediately nodded, "Then you go talk; I’m not going anymore!"
Director Yang then entered the makeup room.
He stayed inside for a good ten minutes before coming out, drenched in cold sweat. "Alright, Liu, go ahead. This guy is really a pain to deal with; I nearly wore out my lips, damn it!"
"Director Yang, you really had a rough time," Liu Hong, knowing the difficulties Yang Shoulin faced, displeased as he might be, still entered the makeup room.
Finally, there were no more disruptions, and soon, Wang Hao saw a group of assistants, each holding an umbrella at the door, and then a young man in a green outfit walked out.
Seeing this, Wang Hao immediately frowned.
We agreed Linghu Chong was supposed to be a handsome, charismatic eldest disciple at least twenty-four or twenty-five years old, right?
But what is with this cream puff young man vibe?
Wang Hao was already displeased with this styling for Wang Yinghui, but his assistants decisively started to flatter him madly.
"Brother Hui, handsome!" A group of assistants on the sidelines enthusiastically gave thumbs-ups, praising, "This role was definitely meant for you, this look is a guarantee for high ratings!" "Isn’t that obvious? If not Brother Hui, then who else could play this part?" "See, did you see? Our Brother Hui is simply born for this role!"
"Director Yang, shall we start then?" Wang Yinghui, conceitedly striding over to Yang Shoulin, said, "Director Yang, I look good, right? Let’s start now; let’s aim for one take!"
"Alright, alright, let’s start!"
Yang Shoulin finally heaved a sigh of relief. They were finally going to start filming!