"Ready to start shooting. Can you two teachers come over?" the photography director shouted at them. Only then did Qin Yaoyao and Jiang Li stop their conversation.
During the shooting, Qin Yaoyao unconsciously wanted to tug at her skirt several times. But remembering Jiang Li's haughty demeanor, she gritted her teeth and forced herself to maintain good posture.
It took quite some time just for her to adjust her pose. She hardly got any solo shots for the cover.
On the other hand, Jiang Li had perfect control of her poses and expressions. Her back was straight, exuding great elegance.
She hardly needed any instructions from the photography director and could perfectly showcase her beauty in front of the camera.
Everything was just right, and the camera couldn't help but linger on her for a long time.
"Great. Let's take a set of duo covers next," the photography director said, so focused that he almost forgot about Qin Yaoyao, who was standing beside with little presence.
When he caught a glimpse of her, he remembered that she was also a model. He quickly called her over, planning to take a few duo covers and then wrap up.
Seeing that she had hardly participated throughout, Qin Yaoyao finally couldn't help but speak up. "Sorry, but may I ask why there are no solo covers of me?"
There was a hint of displeasure in her tone as she whispered, "This endorsement advertisement was taken on by Sister Jiang Li and me together. Why are there only solo close - ups of her but not me?"
She didn't want to be just a foil.
As soon as she said this, the photography director looked a bit embarrassed. For a moment, he stammered, "Well..."
He couldn't just say that because Qin Yaoyao lacked camera sense, the shooting results would be poor and it would be troublesome to retouch the final pictures.
At this time, Jiang Li lifted her eyes and said gently, "Yaoyao, advertising magazines always emphasize complementarity. The most important thing is to highlight the selling points of the clothes, not the models' on - camera time."
"If it were a photo shoot, I could take hundreds of pictures of you. But this is a commercial advertisement. Everything has to follow the brand's photography director's arrangement."
She patiently explained to Qin Yaoyao without any hint of impatience in her words.
But Qin Yaoyao wasn't convinced. Thinking about how she had been ignored by the staff just now, she was filled with anger and couldn't wait to vent it on Jiang Li. She didn't even notice that Jiang Li's way of addressing her had changed.
"Of course Sister Jiang Li doesn't mind. After all, the camera was all around you just now," she said bluntly.
"However, currently, the artist that Jiang Entertainment wants to promote is me. I also hope the brand can weigh the importance before making a choice."
When saying this, her stance was extremely haughty, more like a threat.
Jiang Li smiled slightly. "In that case, I'll have to trouble the photography director to take a few more solo covers of Yaoyao."
Hearing this, the photography director sighed silently in his heart. With a polite look on his face, he said, "Then I'll have to trouble Teacher Qin to step forward. We'll take some close - up shots of the details."
Only then was Qin Yaoyao satisfied.
After the shooting was over, Jiang Li slowly stepped down from the stage, went back to the dressing room to change her clothes, but didn't leave immediately.
She waited patiently.
After Qin Yaoyao finished her last set of solo covers, she walked to the dressing room door in a good mood.
Just as the two passed by each other, Jiang Li suddenly laughed and called out to her, "Qin Yaoyao, today I'm going to teach you a lesson in the entertainment industry."
Qin Yaoyao stopped in her tracks, frowned and stared closely at Jiang Li. "What are you talking about?"
"An eye for an eye," Jiang Li replied lazily. She casually waved her hand and was about to leave. "I wish you a pleasant evening."
Qin Yaoyao was completely confused and didn't understand what Jiang Li meant.
However, she was too lazy to figure out Jiang Li's words.
After all, she had something more important to do next, and just thinking about it made her excited.
She was about to meet Su Jialan.
For tonight's meeting, Qin Yaoyao specially prepared a light - purple intellectual woolen dress. She had heard from media reports that purple was Su Jialan's favorite color.
After getting dressed up, she also sprayed her favorite perfume, preparing to meet her future mother - in - law.
Qin Yaoyao had inquired in advance that Su Jialan had never formally had dinner or met with Jiang Li before. It seemed that she didn't take Jiang Li seriously at all.
But it was different for her.
She was invited as a guest of honor by Su Jialan. The dinner was even booked at the top - class luxury hotel in the North City, Swan Mansion.
Thinking of this, she was full of confidence.
...
At six o'clock in the afternoon, she got into Xiao Yanzhi's car on time.
Xue An was driving in the driver's seat, and the two of them sat in the back row.
Qin Yaoyao was both happy and nervous. She kept tugging at her skirt. "A Yan, when I meet Mrs. Su later, do I need to pay attention to anything?"
Xiao Yanzhi was dressed in a casual suit. His tone was calm. "You don't need to pay attention to anything. Just relax."
There were rumors about Su Jialan outside. It was said that she was a generous and elegant woman, who usually liked gardening. She was a very gentle rich lady.
Most women like this preferred well - behaved girls.
Qin Yaoyao thought to herself. She lowered her head, took out her phone and turned on the camera to check if her makeup was appropriate.
Just then, a message suddenly popped up on her phone -
"Newcomer flower of Jiang Entertainment acts like a diva in the photo studio and even insults her senior!"
It turned out that someone had uploaded the video of Qin Yaoyao strongly demanding more solo covers today to the Internet. The video was very clear, and even the sound was recorded clearly.
In the video, Jiang Li was so gentle and patient, while Qin Yaoyao was being unreasonable and provoking her senior. She brazenly boasted in front of the photography director that she was the future of Jiang Entertainment.
Suddenly, scolding voices arose.
"She's not a princess. Why does she have such a princess complex?"
"I feel so sorry for my Lili. She's so patient with this kind of newcomer. Isn't this clearly being bullied?"
"Isn't Qin Yaoyao's persona the innocent little white flower? Looking at how arrogant she is in the video, how is she any different from the quarreling aunt at the village entrance?"
A series of topics such as "Qin Yaoyao's persona collapses", "Jiang Li silently endures the provocation of the newcomer", "Newcomer of Jiang Entertainment acts like a diva" filled the screen.
Qin Yaoyao's face instantly turned pale. Her palms tightened into fists.
At this moment, she suddenly understood the implication of Jiang Li's words at the dressing room door.
An eye for an eye. So this was what it meant.
Noticing that something was wrong with Qin Yaoyao, Xiao Yanzhi lowered his eyes and asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong?"
A flash of panic briefly crossed Qin Yaoyao's face, but then she seemed to think of something. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes.
When she opened them again, her eyes were misty. Her voice dropped, as if she was sobbing softly.
"A Yan, I seem to be targeted by Sister Jiang Li."