Because of the assistant, he only puts forward general needs for many chores outside of study, and then hands them over to Zhang Huijing to carry them out.

For example, when looking for a mannequin between the ages of forty and fifty, he didn't think deeply about the difficulty inside, although he knew that it would definitely be more difficult to make specific requests than those young models, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult that Zhang Huijing specially called to report to him.

Li Shi asked, "Tell me more about it." ”

"Boss, that's the case, those agents said that there are actually a lot of elderly body models, and the price is cheaper than that of young and beautiful people, men and women, all kinds of weights and body types."

"The age group of forty or fifty years old is more special in the mannequin industry, which is considered to be the age group with the least number of practitioners, but at this age, most of the people who still come to do this business are people whose economic conditions are very poor, and people with poor economic conditions ......"

When Zhang Huijing said this, Li Shi immediately understood.

People with poor economic conditions are running around every day for life, and where can they talk about maintenance.

And at the age of forty or fifty, it is difficult to avoid aging even if you are born beautiful, so it is indeed difficult to find your own requirements in mannequins, or even ordinary models.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Try to find it, the price can be opened a little higher, I hope to find at least one." ”

Zhang Huijing said: "Okay boss, but I think it can be tried in other ways, such as posting information on platforms such as Weibo and Xiaohongshu to recruit private models, maybe it can be useful." ”

Li Shi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and suddenly remembered his experience of looking for models on these platforms when he was learning photography.

He immediately said: "You are right, you have a snack on this matter." ”

Then I asked about the schedule for sketching in the afternoon.

Zhang Huijing hurriedly replied: "I have contacted the two models, and the time of notification is to arrive at the studio at half past one in the afternoon, and the costumes and props have also been rented according to the data of the two models, and I am now about to pick up the costumes." ”

"Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Li Shi got up and came to the tea table next to the bed, took a sip of tea, and was still thinking about what Zhang Huijing had just said on the phone.

In fact, even if he doesn't draw a sketch of a forty or fifty-year-old human body, it's just that the lack of a sketching experience at this age in the human body material library will not affect his impact (proficient-).

But this lack will make him feel imperfect, he will "remember", and he will always feel almost meaningful.

"I'm studying now, and perfectionism seems to have gotten worse."

"But it's about learning, it's about the ultimate goal of the learning panel, it's about the height that you can reach in your future evolution, and you shouldn't be sloppy in the slightest."

"It's the right thing to do in this regard!"

Li Shi smiled, took another sip of tea, picked up his mobile phone, and sent a message to Wu Yuan: "Sister Yuan, what are you doing?" ”

Wu Yuan replied to his message as fast as ever: "I just finished the meeting, and now I go to Pudong to see the storefront of the second store in Shanghai." (laughs with joy)"

Her first Hunan restaurant in Shanghai was an instant hit after it opened on New Year's Day, and business was very good.

She is very ambitious, so she wants to take advantage of this momentum to prepare another branch and open it before the Chinese New Year.

It is precisely because of this that she did not return to Tanzhou to see Li Shi.

Otherwise, Wu Yuan would dream back to Dali for seven days a week, but if the time was not so urgent, even if Li Shi hadn't summoned her, she would have found an excuse to rush back to learn photography techniques.

When Li Shi learned that she was going to open a second branch in Shanghai so soon, he was actually a little worried that she was in a hurry, but he didn't want to interfere in their careers, and sometimes it wasn't necessarily all bad to be in a hurry.

He has experience, and there are some things, so he has to go in and out quickly, so that he can go straight to the clouds in one breath!

Slowly, it will only be tepid.

It's hard to have explosive gains!

The so-called "one blow" is this principle.

Li Shi was a little stunned, and the other party sent two more WeChat messages.

Wu Yuan: "Teacher Li, I want to play with you, is it okay?" (weak)"

Wu Yuan: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you, and I've been rusty with photography technology recently, so I want to have a more in-depth communication with you (shy)"

Li Shi couldn't help but smile when he read the information, this Ms. Wu deserves to be her.

clicked on the input box and replied: "Don't run away, I will go to Shanghai to find you in three or five days, and when the time comes, I will paint for you, and you will prepare more clothes." ”

Wu Yuan: "Really! ”

Wu Yuan: "Okay, then I'll buy new clothes and wait for you!" Last time it was Lolita, how about Catwoman this time? (呲tooth)"

Li Shi, who originally wanted to say another serious thing, was stunned.

Catwoman?

I thought of Catwoman's costume in that movie, and I couldn't help but look forward to it.

Tsk, Ms. Wu is tall and plump, and she is naturally extremely sexy when she wears that black leather coat.

Li Shi thought to himself, she was originally a tempting peach, but in the past, it was more about showing the Asian Shu girl style, if she was dressed as a cat woman, adding a bit of mysterious and exotic style, it was quite suitable for her own painting.

Well, not bad, not bad. He smiled and typed: "Then you have to prepare well, and when I get to Shanghai, I will check." ”

"Okay, Mr. Li!"

Li Shi finally got to the point: "By the way, do you have any female friends in your forties and fifties who want to take private photos and paint private pictures?" ”

He told Wu Yuan everything about the matter and his requirements for models.

The reason why I told her was that when I was on the phone with Zhang Huijing just now, I remembered that I had taken private photos of Wu Yuan, and later she wanted to continue to introduce her girlfriends to take photos by herself.

She knows a lot of rich women, so she can't find one that meets her requirements?

Li Shi also has the idea of playing a pole with and without dates.

Wu Yuan quickly replied: "As soon as you say it, a person immediately comes to mind, her age should be about forty-five years old, but she is very well maintained and looks good...... I just don't know if she's willing or not, and because of family reasons, she is usually more decent and traditional, and I don't know how to tell her all of a sudden, so I have to think about it first. ”

Wu Yuan: "Is this matter urgent?" ”

Li Shi immediately typed: "Don't worry, you can tell me about her situation first." ”

Wu Yuan: "Her name is Shen Jie, she is a high school teacher, she teaches history, she usually doesn't like to take pictures, and she never posts on Moments, so I don't have any photos of her, she is a little shorter than me, a little thinner, and very well maintained......

After listening to Wu Yuan, Li Shi's mind conjured up the image of a traditional and conservative woman.

I feel that it is unlikely that this kind of person will agree to take private photos, or draw private pictures.

But since he knew that there was such a person who objectively met his requirements, if he didn't give it a try, he felt that it was a pity, so he typed: "Then on the premise that you try not to affect your relationship, find a chance to ask, and it doesn't matter if you don't want to." ”

"Uh-huh, okay, when I think of what method to use, I'll ask her."

After chatting with Wu Yuan a few more words, she went to see the store.

End the chat.

Li Shi put down his phone, took another sip of tea, and looked out of the floor-to-ceiling window, the weather is very good today, and the sky above the city is blue and clean.

"Today's theme is a girl in the reading period, and the afternoon sketch can be arranged outdoors."

"If you're outdoors, in today's weather, you have to take the brightness of the light into account when painting."

Li Shi thought for a while, and was about to go out to see if Wang Yuelan's lunch was ready, when he walked to the door of the study, he suddenly remembered something, returned to the desk, picked up his mobile phone and called Zhang Huijing: "Xiao Zhang, have you done the thing you said earlier about publishing recruitment information on various platforms?" ”

Zhang Huijing, who walked out of the elevator on the phone, was going to look for a car, hurriedly stopped and said, "Not yet, I want to finish the afternoon sketching first, boss, do you need to do it right away now?" ”

Li Shi originally wanted to ask her if she had posted a good information to find a model, and if she did, she would forward the recruitment information to Wu Yuan and ask her to take it to the teacher Shen Jie as a thing to guide the topic.

However, I felt that if it was a recruitment announcement written by Zhang Huijing, the content of the model in it might make people misunderstand that it was released against her, so he changed his words and said: "No, you continue to go to the costumes and props now, and when you finish the afternoon's work, it's not too late to get it when you're free." ”

After hanging up the phone, Li Shi opened his laptop, created a new document, thought about it for a while, and began to edit the copy:

"Appointment Painting/Private Room"

I am a freelance painter and is good at female portrait sketching.

……

Li Shi quickly wrote a copy of the painting that had no specific requirements for the model, and then posted it on Xiaohongshu.

Then the screenshot was sent to Wu Yuan.

"You just say, you know this painter who is about to paint, and you want to ask me to paint and ask her if she is interested in joining her...... You can get busy with your work first, and then send me a message when you're done. ”

Then I found two more photos of the work and sent them over.

In just three or four minutes, Wu Yuan's message came back:

"After reading it, today's store is obviously not as good as the place I saw the day before yesterday, in my opinion, the shortcomings are obvious, so I don't need to waste time if I turn around a little and don't look at it."

"Mr. Li, you didn't write on this screenshot whether it is paid or free, your painting is so good-looking, you should have to charge money (呲tooth)"

was reminded by Wu Yuanyi, Li Shi's eyes lit up.

Yes, there is a fee!

And you can't take it cheaper.

It's not that he lacks that money, but most of the people nowadays believe in "cheap is not good" and "expensive is expensive", if you are free, or the fee is low, others will not think that you are selfless dedication, but will only think that your level is too poor, or that you have another purpose.

"Wait a minute, I'll change it and take a screenshot again."

Li Shi clicked on the document and revised the copy:

"High-end Customized Painting / Private Room"

I am a freelance painter and is good at female portrait sketching.

……

Fee: not less than 3,000 tickets, depending on the specific situation.

After the revision, he sent it to Xiaoxiaohongshu again, this time adding a draft of his previous work.

deleted the previous one, took a screenshot, and sent it to Wu Yuan.

After it was over, Li Shi put this matter aside for the time being.

The reason why he did this was mainly to let Wu Yuan have a good excuse not to stiffen the relationship between her and her friends because of his own affairs.

As for whether it can be done, there are no high expectations.

Just cast a wide net.

went out to play with Wang Yuelan, who was cooking in the room, for forty minutes, then had lunch together and took a nap.

At half past one in the afternoon, Li Shi drove a Bentley to the studio and met Zhao Lu and Chen Yun.

According to the requirements, they came without makeup wearing masks and hats, and after arriving here, they first asked Li Shi to observe them, and then communicated the specific details of the makeup.

I have seen the photos of these two female college students without makeup in the information before, and after Li Shi saw him, he was a little surprised, both of them looked better than in the photos.

Both of them are nineteen years old, which is the age of Shui Lingling, without makeup, and the condition of their skin is also very good, especially Zhao Lu, whose facial features are very standard.

Chen Yun's facial features are not as delicate as Zhao Lu, but she is also very good-looking, and she is tall, in addition to having a pair of slender and straight legs, the strength of her chest should not be underestimated.

While observing, Li Shi first sketched them with pen and paper.

Only then do you communicate the specific makeup.

Half an hour later, they put on makeup and changed into the clothes prepared by Zhang Huijing.

Li Shi observed again, and after a while, he turned his head to Zhang Huijing and said, "The weather is good today, the temperature has risen a lot, and we won't go to the activity base later, so we will find a suitable place in the city." ”

After a while, everyone came to the parking lot downstairs.

Zhao Quan didn't come today, so there were only four people, and it was enough to drive a car.

When they got on the Bentley Speed, looking at the luxurious interior, Zhao Lu and Chen Yun couldn't help but be a little nervous.

The two sat in the back row, glanced at each other, took out their mobile phones, and chatted about WeChat.

"Boss, where are we going now?"

Zhang Huijing got into the driver's seat and asked Li Shi in the co-pilot.

Li Shi thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the university town." ”

I drove all the way to the perimeter of the university town, turned around, found a place with few people, and parked the car.

Draw Zhao Lu first.

Li Shi instructed her to shoot a few looks, but she was not particularly satisfied, and she always felt that something was missing.

After thinking for a moment, he looked around and walked towards the shared bicycle not far away.

Scan the code and push back one.

"Zhao Lu, you try this bicycle with your hands."

"Well, leaning sideways with your back against the cushion."

"Raise your chin slightly, look at me again, okay, that's it!"

Li Shi looked at Zhao Lu who was leaning on the bicycle in front of him, and a wave of excitement rose in his body.

I saw that she was dressed in a school uniform at the moment, a white shirt, a black suit, and a plaid skirt, her white face was a little white under the reflection of the sun, her eyes were big, her eyebrows were bright, and she looked young and sweet, as if the heroine in the campus TV series had walked in front of her from the screen.

The index finger and middle finger of his left hand couldn't help but tap his thigh a few times briskly, and he was about to get a paintbrush and a sketchbook, but the mobile phone in his pocket rang, and when he took it out, he saw that it was actually someone on the work WeChat account who applied to add his friends.

He clicked on it and took a look, and the direct postscript of the other party was: Xiaohongshu was about to draw.

Li Shi didn't care and put his phone away.

"You move a little bit, and then try to stay in this position."

After saying a word to Zhao Lu, he turned around and took the sketchbook and pen from Zhang Huijing's hand, and then observed for a while, brewing for a few minutes before starting to write.

He hadn't been drawing for long before the phone in his pocket rang again.

Take it out to unlock it, or WeChat information, click on it and take a look, and suddenly my eyes widened.

There are actually people who are looking for their own drawings on Xiaohongshu who are applying to add their own trumpets as friends!

This......

What's going on?

(End of chapter)