Volume 2 Chapter 30 The Fellow and the Stranger
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Li Sheng thought that he would spend the night like this, but he didn't expect someone to come to the door, and it was a woman.
The women who appeared in the banquet hall of the villa were either employees of the winery who were temporarily serving as servants or women who were suspected models hired by Fernando.
And it was the latter who found Li Sheng: "Can I sit here?"
This woman Li Sheng noticed just now. She, like herself, was a little out of place for the occasion. But he saw this woman much more pleasing to the eye than the others.
This woman has light brown hair and blue eyes. But her face is much softer. Western women usually have higher cheekbones, and when they look high, they appear to be older than their actual age.
And this woman's face is softer, and she doesn't have a long melon seed face, which is a bit conspicuous among the faces of many models. And such a face is tender.
"You may be seated. Li Sheng didn't show any gentlemanly demeanor, just sat on the chair and nodded.
The woman said thank you, then sat down, silently.
This made Li Sheng a little strange. If she just wants to be quiet for a while, it's not just this corner that can satisfy her.
However, he is obviously not a master of flirting with girls, otherwise with his family conditions, his parents should have seen their grandchildren before they died.
So the two sat in the same corner, but they were silent.
"Do you mind if I smoke?" the woman asked suddenly.
Li Sheng shook his head.
The woman took out a cigarette and lit it, puffing out a puff of smoke. I have to say that some women smoke and listen to cuteness, she looked at Li Sheng and handed over the cigarette case: "Want one?"
Li Sheng looked at her cigarette case, took out one by himself, and said, "I'm not used to smoking women's cigarettes." ”
So the two swallowed the clouds and spit fog, and there was no communication in the time of a cigarette.
At this time, someone found Li Sheng. But this time it's a man. An East Asian man, it should be said.
The man's gaze swept over Li Sheng's face, then he smiled at the woman and nodded, and asked in Latin, "Can I sit down here?"
The woman nodded: "Whatever." ”
Li Sheng also nodded and asked, "Huaxia?" he said in Chinese.
"Mo Jingran, a native of Lingang. Make lamps. The man smiled and held out his hand.
Li Sheng also smiled, stretched out his hand and shook it with the other party and said, "Li Sheng, from Ningcheng." Now working as a farmer in Brazil. ”
"Then we're fellow countrymen. Fortunately. "Lingang and Ningcheng are not far apart, and a few decades ago, Lingang actually belonged to the provincial capital of Ningcheng.
As for Li Sheng saying that he was a farmer, of course Mo Jingran didn't believe it. Even if he was a farmer, Fernando would not invite an ordinary farmer.
"You run a farm in Brazil? It is said that Brazil now restricts foreigners from buying land. ”
Li Sheng knew that the other party was probing himself. He laughed and said, "I bought Fernando's land." Fernando stepped in to complete the formalities. ”
He didn't hide it, and the people invited by Fernando should still have some energy. Knowing this person may be of some help to expand the domestic market.
"I said. Mo Jingran was stunned. "I've heard that in the past two years, China's agricultural investment in Brazil has encountered some resistance. But if Fernando had stepped in, there would have been no problem at all. In fact, he suddenly wondered why Li Sheng could appear on this occasion.
Maybe this person was a friend of Fernando's.
Mo Jingran just saw a person who also belonged to East Asia and came over to say hello. A few minutes later, he raised his glass and left.
"Did you just speak Chinese?" the woman waited for Mo Jingran to walk away before asking Li Sheng.
Li Shengleng paused. In Mo Jingran's words just now, he could hear that Fernando's energy in Brazil seemed to be quite small. I can't help but examine my attitude towards Fernando. I was a little trance-struck for a while.
However, when he met a compatriot, he was in a better mood than just now, nodded and said, "Yes." ”
"I heard that Chinese is difficult. I mean, learn to dictate and speak. ”
"It's good to get used to it. Western scripts have basically evolved from Latin, which is a one-dimensional script, with only left and right variations. Whereas, Chinese is a two-dimensional script, with variations up and down and left and right. There are about 6,000 commonly used Chinese characters, and there is no problem in learning 3,000 to communicate with Chinese people. ”
The woman pondered for a while, and then asked, "You are from Huaxia, can you tell me about some of the situation in Huaxia?"
"I'm from China, but I arrived in Brazil more than a year ago. ”
"That's okay, I just want to get a glimpse of what's going on in the modeling industry. You know, I'm a model. ”
Li Sheng nodded and let her continue
"There's too much competition in Brazil and there's some dark side to the industry. This made me very uncomfortable. Someone suggested that I go to Huaxia to develop. It is said that now Huaxia has attracted a lot of Eastern European and Russian models to develop. Personally, I also think that Huaxia has the potential to become a world-class fashion center. But I know too little about Huaxia, especially the industry. ”
When Li Sheng heard this, he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded. Is China so attractive now? But it is said that some models from Eastern Europe have already entered China. Now the South American model is going, and it doesn't seem surprising that there is.
He thought for a moment and said, "Are you an adult? But the modeling industry has a dark side to what you just said in any country. If you're not an adult, it's best to wait until you're an adult to think about it so you don't regret it later. ”
"I'm sure I'm an adult. The woman suddenly felt that this man might not be a bad person. At least until now, he didn't behave like a bad guy.
Li Sheng really has some understanding of the domestic modeling industry, after all, he used to run a garment factory and engaged in online store direct sales, so he needs to ask some graphic models to take pictures. However, he doesn't know much about the operation of the industry, and his understanding is only superficial.
He pondered the language and said, "You know, China has a population of 1.4 billion, so there are a lot of models. At least a few hundred thousand people are likely to enter the industry every year, and the competition is probably the fiercest in the world. Most of them have to eat a little bit of food. Moreover, I don't know the situation in Brazil, and I'm not very familiar with the situation in China, but I don't think this circle is very innocent. ”
When it came to this, he didn't say anything, and he was already talking about it. Although he stopped at the point, he didn't talk nonsense.
The woman pondered for a long time after listening to his words, and then lit another cigarette before she said faintly, "I know a lot about the dark side of this industry. But I don't think Huaxia will at least be controlled by the gangsters. ”
She self-deprecatingly glanced through the smoke at the women who were weaving through the crowd of men: "We are models, but there are many more opportunities for such drinks than on the runway and endorsements." In fact, they are all looking for an opportunity to make money, and if they are lucky, they may be able to receive an advertisement, and they can almost accompany a man to get a few thousand reais a night. ”
Li Sheng said a little playfully: "Then why are you still here?"
"I want to see if I have any luck. The woman raised the corners of her mouth. "But it's clear that these men think those supermodels are more worth investing in. ”
The profession of modeling needs to be praised by someone. Otherwise, everyone walks the same catwalk, almost all have the figure of a hanger, and they all have cold faces, who goes up is not the same?
Some people praise fame, and only with fame can you make money. No one praises it, there is no chance to leave the country, and no advertisers come to the door if no one knows them. It's a cycle.
Although the lights in the corner were dim, Li Sheng could still see that she was dressed very fashionably and was very good at dressing up.
"Maybe it's because your face doesn't fit the Western aesthetic. In their opinion, the most important thing is to have a special sense of three-dimensionality. ”
It's not his nonsense. Instead, someone has studied it and said that Easterners like to look at the big picture, while Westerners like to look at the key points. Therefore, Westerners have a big [fart] stock, and no matter how ugly they are, some people think that they are big beauties. Because the focus of the person's observation is on that part, and he thinks that it is sexual. As a model, you have three-dimensional facial features to make people pay attention.
The woman didn't care that Li Sheng said in a derogatory tone, "I know." Because I don't have 50 kilograms like the others, I don't have their facial features, so I don't think well. But what about that?" she said, picking up her glass and draining the wine. "Of course, I don't [take] drugs, I hate men, I don't sleep with men, so I'm an unruly person. The last few words were whispered.
Li Sheng happened to see a man wrapping around this woman's waist and walking upstairs.
He couldn't help but chuckle.
The woman followed his gaze and said mockingly, "You think it's funny too." ”
Li Sheng nodded and said, "The peacock is very beautiful when it opens the screen, but if it wants to open the screen, it must leak out its buttocks." ”
The woman didn't think what Li Sheng said was vulgar, but laughed loudly: "And if a woman wants to show beauty, she has to show everything." ”
She laughed for a while, as if she had seen it: "It's okay, I'm no longer a member of this group in the future." ”
"Huh?"
"My contract expires in two days. I've decided to quit the industry. But today I wanted to come and make one last attempt, but God didn't give me one last chance. ”
Li Sheng then understood why she behaved so differently and said so much to herself. Maybe it's just trying to talk to a stranger.
He laughed and said, "I don't think you're fit to walk the runway." Your face is a smiley face. Even if you want to play a puppet on the catwalk, you can't play it. ”
The woman looked at him a little annoyed and said, "Are you still going to say that I'm too fat and too thick?"
Li Sheng subconsciously glanced at the other party's whole body, shook his head and said, "I don't think so." It's just not skinny. ”
"That's the root cause of my failure. The woman said self-deprecatingly. "Because it's not skinny. ”
Li Sheng touched his nose and said: "If you want to be healthy, you still have to notice, and the benevolent will see the benevolent." You don't have to be a model to be an actor. Actually, you're quite photogenic. ”
"Thank you for your comfort. Cheers!" the woman said with a smile. "You're a nice stranger. ”
Li Sheng picked up the wine glass and touched it with her.