Chapter Eighty-Six: Debut Rehearsal

Whether in his previous life or in his current life, Xiao Yao is not the first time to take a plane. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoBut taking an international flight abroad is really the first time a big girl has been in a sedan chair. Compared with domestic flights, international flights have an additional procedure to go through customs after passing the security check, which is not a problem for Xiao Yao. Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying have both gone abroad for work reasons, and the procedures for customs clearance, what can and cannot be brought Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying have already explained to Xiao Yao clearly, and Xiao Yao himself has also understood, so there is no problem to pass the customs smoothly.

Xiao Yao took a plane abroad for the first time, and of course Xiao Siqi would not let him transfer halfway to add unnecessary trouble, and helped him book a direct flight from Yanjing to New York. Since the flight time will last more than ten hours, in order to make him more comfortable on the plane, he also booked a first-class ticket. However, the ticket was booked by Xiao Siqi, but Xiao Yao had to pay the money himself. In this regard, Xiao Yao was also extremely speechless, but in order to make Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying less worried, and he was not unable to sit down now, he accepted it all silently.

Xiao Yao's current height is close to one meter five, which is not much different from some particularly short adult women, but his physiognomy is still very suitable for his age, so as soon as Xiao Yao boarded the plane, an enthusiastic flight attendant came up to pick up his carry-on luggage and helped him settle in the luggage compartment.

Compared with more luxurious decorations, richer meals, and higher-looking flight attendants, Xiao Yao is happiest that he can finally lie down and sleep on the plane. It's something he's always wanted to do when he's been on a plane before, but he's never been able to do it. However, the plane has not yet taken off, and now you can't put down the seat and sleep directly. Xiao Yao could only put on headphones and listen to music while waiting for the plane to take off.

Of course, in addition to listening to music with his ears, Xiao Yao's hands, eyes and brain cannot be idle. In the past two years, I studied photography skills in ********, but since I went to the Eva show this time, even if I went backstage to grab embarrassing photos, it can be regarded as a formal connection with the fashion industry and even the modeling industry. If it's a 10-year-old, of course, it's good to just complete the task. But as a guy with a soul in his thirties, Xiao Yao had to make some preparations in advance.

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. As early as when Xiao Yao promised Chen Xuan to be the backstage photographer of the Eva Show, he asked Chen Xuan for the information of all the more than 30 people who participated in the Eva Show, in addition to basic information, personal experience, personality characteristics, etc., and even the previous works and catwalk video materials were required. Xiao Yao's reason is that only if he has enough understanding of the people he wants to photograph, he can accurately predict where they may be embarrassed, which will be more helpful for him to catch the embarrassing photos of these people backstage. This reason is very good and powerful, and it even sounds very professional, Chen Xuan directly found the person in charge of Eva Show with the same statement, and got these materials smoothly. These dozens of people were selected from hundreds of interviews, and Eva had all the information in her hands.

At the same time, in order to avoid the embarrassment of talking with chickens and ducks, Xiao Yao also has to make up for all kinds of knowledge in the modeling industry, from historical development to the current situation and professional terminology are what he wants to understand, he can try not to speak, but he can't accept that he can't understand what others say. The information in this area is relatively fragmentary, Chen Xuan does not have all the information on hand, and he does not have the leisure to help Xiao Yao find it, but fortunately, his connections are hard enough, so he directly found a friend who is an editor of a famous fashion magazine, and got a very complete information and threw it to Xiao Yao to look at it slowly.

These two large piles of information are Xiao Yao's main pastimes in addition to sleeping during the more than ten hours of travel. Through these materials, Xiao Yao, who is a complete layman, knows that the modeling circle is also divided into idol and powerful, as well as HF and business. Just like there are actors who specialize in dramas among the actors, who are considered to have better acting skills and more professional skills in the circle, but their income is not as good as those film and television drama actors of the same level. HF is a high-end fashion model with more temperament and taste, all kinds of coldness, and is more valued in the circle, but usually the income is not as high as those commercial models. Of course, just as drama actors will also act in film and television dramas, and film and television actors will also take time to act in dramas, HF and commercial models are not completely separated, and the two will also be mixed across borders.

Although Xiao Yao has acted in dramas and has not acted in film and television dramas, he is not a person who pursues niche and coldness. And whether it is his acting enlightenment teacher or his grandfather Xiao Chengru, although they both act in dramas, their more well-known identities are still through the screen rather than the drama stage. Xiao Yao's aesthetics are still popular, and he doesn't have a better impression of HF models because of their coldness, in contrast, he admires those commercial models more. Fortunately, the Eva show belongs to the top commercial fashion show. In addition to having a good figure in the eyes of the vast majority of ordinary people, the models here also have beautiful faces that meet the aesthetics of the vast majority of ordinary people. The kind of paper figure of a typical HF model, or a hard, fairy, or weird face, he was lucky enough not to see it this time.

Speaking of the models on the catwalk, Xiao Yao was also very happy to see the names of the two Chinese models. Although Xiao Yao didn't know them at all, he was still very happy to see their names, and even had a little pride. Eva is a world-class fashion brand, and the Eva show is also a world-class fashion event, in order to take care of customers and audiences of different races, the Eva show over the years has brought together models of various races and skin tones, and in East Asia, Eva chose Chinese models, rather than models from neighbors Japan and South Korea.

Because of the time difference, Xiao Yao, who boarded the plane during the day, was still daytime when he got off the plane at the international airport in New York. After picking up his luggage, Xiao Yao, who came out, saw Chen Xuan waiting in the pick-up hall at first sight.

After calling Xiao Siqi to report his safety as soon as possible, Xiao Yao followed Chen Xuan to the booked hotel. Although she is a ten-year-old rookie photographer, Eva, who has a lot of money, still generously booked Xiao Yao a high-end suite in a five-star hotel. In the past, when Xiao Yao was in China, whether he followed Xiao Chengru or Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying everywhere, the hotel conditions were also very good, but they really didn't live in a five-star hotel because of their extravagant personalities, and Xiao Yao was also free to open meat.

Nothing happened on the first day of arrival, the main task was to reverse the jet lag. But Xiao Yao, who had slept on the plane for a short time, was not sleepy at all, so he simply nested in the hotel and continued to look at the information he saw on the plane.

Early the next morning, Chen Xuan brought news to Xiao Yao. The test of him by the Eva Show has been cancelled, and he will be directly involved in the official performance of the Eva Show tomorrow night. At the same time, Xiao Yao is required to participate in the rehearsal this afternoon, and he will be arranged to enter the backstage, get to know the models and backstage staff, and familiarize himself with the backstage environment and workflow, so as to try to avoid any accidents that affect the normal work of the backstage due to his reasons during the official performance tomorrow night.

Xiao Yao naturally has no problem with this requirement. The afternoon rehearsal is scheduled to start at four o'clock, and the whole morning and half of the afternoon are free. The United States is not as good as China, it is not safe to go out and hang out at night, and Xiao Yao is only ten years old, and many entertainment venues will not allow Xiao Yao to enter according to the law. So after Chen Xuan sent Xiao Yao to the hotel to rest yesterday afternoon, he left Xiao Yao alone in the hotel at night and went out by himself. Now that most of the day is free, Xiao Yao is coming to the United States for the first time, and Chen Xuan decided to take Xiao Yao out for a walk. Since you came to the Big Apple, the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, the Empire State Building and other places without taking Xiao Yao to see them, it seems that it is unreasonable.

For photographers of all sizes, it is natural to have a must-have camera when going out for fun, and it must also be a professional SLR camera. The two walked all the way, played all the way, watched all the way, photographed all the way, and walked around the three locations, and it was easy to kill most of the free time of the day.

The two were very punctual and came to the performance venue of the press conference before four o'clock in the afternoon, at this time, the construction of the venue and the installation and commissioning of lighting and sound equipment were also done. Although he said that Xiao Yao's test was canceled, but after meeting the person in charge of the press conference, Chen Xuan couldn't help but export the photos taken by Xiao Yao to him before playing and hanging out. As Xiao Yao's teacher and with Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao has a purpose for every photo taken in the morning, so as to guide him on the problems in the shooting at any time. Many of these photos are street photos of strangers on the street, and none of them are posed for Xiao Yao to pose for him to take after discussing and communicating with others, all of them are captured by Xiao Yao casually. Therefore, these photos are enough to show that Xiao Yao's sense and ability to capture are enough to be competent for this shooting task.

Sure enough, the person in charge of the Eva show, Dunn Gianni, a white man in his fifties with gray hair, looked at the photos displayed by Chen Xuan, and he didn't have any worries about Xiao Yao at all. Just as an assistant came over to report that all the models had arrived, and the venue equipment was all ready, it was ready to start rehearsals. The old man took the opportunity to say: "Okay, then I'll take Young to the backstage first to introduce you to everyone." Thiel, don't come backstage, leave it to me, little one. ā€

It was all the process that had been notified before, Chen Xuan and Xiao Yao nodded at the same time. The old man Dunn took Xiao Yao to the backstage.

The backstage of the fashion show is basically divided into several large areas, such as the makeup area, the dressing area and the waiting area, and since it is not a rehearsal with makeup, the models are basically gathered in the waiting area connected to the exit channel. As soon as Dunn entered, the models came in and greeted him.

"Is this the backstage photographer this time?" The sharp-eyed model saw Xiao Yao who followed Dunn in, and immediately asked Dunn. Xiao Yao still has a camera in his hand, coupled with a young face, it is easy for the models to guess his identity.

"Yes, I'm going to introduce you to you, this is this year's backstage photographer, Youngshaw. His work has been featured in City Pictures in France and World Geographic magazine in the United States, and he is a great new photographer. Dunn smiled and introduced to everyone.

"Hello beauties, I'm Youngshaw. Xiao Yao stepped forward and greeted the models with a smile.

Xiao Yao greeted him in English. Since he got off the plane and called Xiao Siqi to report his safety, he switched to English mode. In the past two days, I also spoke English with Chen Xuan, and resolutely did not give Chen Xuan the opportunity to practice Chinese in the United States.

"Young, how young are you?" asked one of the sweet-looking models with long, straight blond hair.