Elder brother's garrison

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"It looks great." Lu Ming smiled and gently patted Xiao Bai's shoulder.

"Miss Lu, Miss Luming, why are you also..." Xiaobai blushed immediately.

"what!"

Just then, Director Chen, whose computer had been down for several seconds, let out a loud voice, attracting everyone's attention.

Director Chen suddenly jumped up as if possessed, raised her hands, clenched her fists tightly, stared intently at Xiao Bai's face, and was filled with excitement.

"A leader, a leader, is this a leader?!" Director Chen exclaimed with elation.

"Uh, I don't think I've changed so much that people wouldn't recognize me..." Xiaobai looked at Director Chen's expression and subconsciously touched the hair by her ear. "Um... Director Chen? What's wrong?"

"No, no, no, I just wanted to express my admiration for your new image, sir!" Director Chen gestured to Xiao Bai, looking at him excitedly as if he had found a treasure, his gaze fixed on Xiao Bai for not a second longer. "Sir! I've finally found it! The talent we've been searching for has been right under our noses!!!"

"Huh? What light?"

"The person I'm looking for is you, Leader!!" Director Chen kept saying to Xiaobai, "That's right! How come I didn't think of that? Why didn't I realize it before! Why did I insist on looking for idols among the ship girls? Humans can do it too! Just like you, Leader! Your deep-sea aura is so unique, you are the talent I'm really looking for!"

As Director Chen spoke, he paced excitedly from side to side, occasionally jumping up and down as he walked, seemingly completely absorbed in his own world.

"That's right, do it like this first, then like this, and finally like this... It's perfectly acceptable..."

As Director Chen walked, he muttered to himself, his eyes gleaming almost through his sunglasses.

At last.

In the eyes of everyone.

Director Chen immediately took off his sunglasses, then crushed them in one blow, and pleaded with Xiao Bai, "Boss! I have a proposal! Would you like to come on stage for the show's recording later?"

Director Chen had just finished speaking.

Everyone in the dressing room was stunned.

At first, everyone thought Director Chen was just joking, but when they saw his incredibly sincere expression, they couldn't help but exchange glances.

"You...you want me to be on the show?" Xiaobai stammered, pointing to himself.

"That's right!"

"No, no, no, no, no!" Little White hurriedly waved her hands. "I can't do it, I can't do it!"

"Yes, you can do it! Boss, trust me! You really can! Visually speaking, you're even more profound than the deep sea right now! And not only that, you also possess a distinct aura that transcends ordinary deep sea creatures, a kind of aristocratic deep sea quality! If you were on set, the effect would be several times better! I'm willing to guarantee it with my entire life experience in the film and television industry!"

"Where are the nobles in the deep sea???"

"So that's you!!"

"I am human!"

"That's even better!!"

"But, but I have no experience..."

"Don't worry, boss. In most cases, you just need to sit there! I'll take care of the rest by having an experienced host assist you on site!"

"I haven't learned how to act either..."

"I don't need that kind of thing! You just need to maintain your agent persona!"

"But, but, what if we change the program at the last minute..."

"I am the director! I have the right! Rather, it is precisely because of this situation that I became the director!"

"What...what's the point of me playing..."

"Of course there is!!!"

"I……"

Xiaobai wanted to say something, but before she could speak, the stylists around her rushed forward and covered her mouth.

"Alright, alright, little sister!"

"Well done, little sister! I knew you'd be a star!" the stylist said happily.

"This way, it won't be a waste of all the hard work we put into arranging your image!" Another stylist happily ruffled Xiaobai's hair. "Leave it to us! We'll make sure you look even more beautiful—even more beautiful than you are now!"

"Ugh?? Ugh!!"

"Director Chen! Leave the little girl's situation to us!" The stylists all looked at Director Chen. "The show is about to start, so hurry up and make the arrangements!"

"Oh right! Then I'll leave this to you!" Director Chen and the stylists exchanged glances, a spark of understanding flying between them. Director Chen nodded earnestly, then strode out of the dressing room. "Leave it to me, boss! Don't worry! I'll handle everything perfectly!!!"

Director Chen suddenly jumped out of the dressing room.

As Director Chen sprinted back the way he came, he picked up his phone and dialed a number.

While conveying his new project ideas to the front desk staff over the phone, Director Chen looked at the scene in the backstage corridor and suddenly felt as if he had forgotten something very important. But the next second, his strong creative instinct and excitement completely overwhelmed this thought, allowing him to continue immersing himself in the joy of creation.

……

Watching Director Chen's figure disappear into the corridor outside the dressing room.

The stylists all let go of Xiaobai's mouth.

"Little sister, do your best later!" The stylists all gave Xiaobai a thumbs up and smiled sweetly. "The opportunity to be strongly recommended by Director Chen is something most people wouldn't even dare to dream of. Little sister, you might become a big star like Lu Ming in the future!"

"..." Xiaobai stared with her mouth agape, looking at the enthusiastic stylists in front of her, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Just then, Xiaobai felt a gentle patting sound on her shoulder.

Xiao Bai turned around and saw Lu Ming pressing on his shoulder, smiling at him.

"I'm really looking forward to it," Lu Ming said to Xiao Bai.

"Does that mean... I'm going to... be on TV?" Xiaobai asked Luming.

"Ah."

Xiao Bai glanced at the stylists beside her.

The stylists all smiled so warmly and enthusiastically, as if they were telling Xiaobai, "Don't think about it anymore, there's no escaping it, just accept reality."

broken.

Now we're really on a sinking ship.

Xiao Bai lowered his head and looked helplessly at his palm.

—Hopefully, my parents won't be scared when they see me...

Chapter 2294 It's really complicated.

Now that things have come to this, although the plot has developed rather quickly, it seems that Xiaobai has no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

After Director Chen left, Lu Ming's stylists stayed by Xiao Bai's side, meticulously finishing his look and patiently preparing him mentally for his TV appearance.

Seeing how understanding and warm-hearted the stylists in front of her were, Xiaobai could only keep a helpless smile.

A few minutes later.

Director Chen returned to Lu Ming's dressing room.

This time, several staff members who looked to be in a hurry accompanied Director Chen back.

"Boss, I'm back! Everything's arranged for the show!" Director Chen shouted excitedly to Xiao Bai as soon as he ran into the dressing room. As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the staff behind him rushed forward, carrying portable microphones, scripts, signs and other props, and ran towards Xiao Bai without saying a word.

"Boss, the program has been arranged. You can prepare to go on the show."

"This small microphone is for recording sound. We've already chosen a color that suits your outfit. Just place it on your collar."

"This is the program script. There will be interactive segments with the hosts during the program. You can just follow the script and speak accordingly. Of course, you can also improvise if you wish..."

"This is your name tag, we'll pin it to your waist for you!"

"..."

The stylists understood and released Xiaobai, and the staff then surrounded Xiaobai, pressing all the props onto Xiaobai's body in just a moment.

Once the props were installed, the staff raised their hands, took two steps back, and moved away from Xiaobai.

Everyone looked at Xiaobai's appearance with satisfaction and nodded deeply.

"Alright! Ready!"

The staff nodded to Director Chen.

Director Chen glanced at his watch, then gave the staff a thumbs up.

Just then, cheerful and childlike music rang out from outside the dressing room.

"The show has already started, and the hosts have begun warming up the audience. In five minutes, it will be time for the guests to enter. Ms. Luming, you should get ready to go on stage!" As soon as the staff heard the music outside, they quickly surrounded Xiaobai and Luming and rushed them out of the dressing room.

Before Xiaobai and Luming could react, the staff pulled them out of the dressing room.

"Lu Ming! Good luck on the show!" Inside the dressing room, the stylists waved to Xiao Bai and Lu Ming, their beautiful faces beaming with satisfied and expectant smiles. "And to the little sister too, work hard on the show later! We'll be here cheering you on!"

"Thank you, thank you..." Xiao Bai turned around from the crowd and thanked the people in the dressing room.

As everyone walked out of dressing room number one, they saw that dressing room number two across the hall had its door open.

A woman dressed in red, supported by two staff members, strode out of the dressing room with her neck held high, and then met the eyes of Xiaobai and the others.

The woman in red immediately spotted Lu Ming, who was surrounded by people in the center of the crowd. Her gaze quickly swept over the number of staff members surrounding Lu Ming, and then settled on the two staff members next to her. Her sharp, thin eyebrows twitched slightly, as if she was suppressing a hidden flame.

When Xiaobai saw the woman in red in the crowd, her heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously tugged at Luming's hand.

Lu Ming saw the woman in red, stopped, bowed slightly, and greeted her politely.

"Hello, Senior Xie."

The woman in red looked at Lu Ming, her indifferent expression seemingly frozen for a few seconds.

Although Xiaobai didn't have a chance to talk to this woman in red, judging from the few times he accidentally saw her scolding Lu Ming to the staff, she didn't seem easy to get along with, and she also had a great prejudice against Lu Ming. It was not a pleasant thing for everyone to accidentally run into her at this time.

To Xiaobai's surprise, the woman in red who met Lu Ming did not continue to show a harsh attitude after her initial indifference. Instead, her gaze swept quickly across the crowd before her, and when she saw Director Chen in the corner, her face quickly changed to a smile like that of an elder.

"Let me see who it is. Oh, it's little Lu Ming." The woman in red asked Lu Ming, "Rushing to a show?"

"Mm." Lu Ming nodded respectfully.

"You're an important guest this time, and you're the first one to appear, so don't delay things. Go on." The woman in red said to Lu Ming, then glanced at Director Chen in the corner of the crowd, pretending to have just noticed him, and naturally showed a surprised expression on her face, "Oh? Director Chen? You're here too?"

"Well, I've come to lend a hand." Facing the enthusiasm of the woman in red, Director Chen's face behind his sunglasses was full of authority and indifference, completely different from how he was in front of Xiao Bai.

"Hehe, Lu Ming is quite capable. Is there anything that warrants your personal visit?" The woman in red's expression froze for half a second after hearing Director Chen's words, then she continued with a smile, "Hmm... Is there anything else Lu Ming needs? Perhaps I can help."

“Is there anything else I can help with… Oh, right, there really is.” Director Chen thought for a moment and said to the woman in red, “Miss Xie Ying, there’s something I need to tell you.”

"Please tell me."

“We’re adding a character this time, so to balance the program’s length, we’ve cut some of your lines and screen time. Is that okay?” Director Chen said, as if he had just remembered.

"Huh?" The woman in red was taken aback. "Director Chen? What do you mean? Are you going to cut my scenes?"

"It only took about ten minutes."

"I... I only had twenty minutes in total?"

"There's nothing we can do about it."

"You, how could you..." The woman in red stammered, her face flushing red and then turning pale. "At least, at least tell me beforehand..."

"I'm sorry, this happened so suddenly." Director Chen nodded and said, "I'll give you the revised script you made later. If you have any further thoughts, you can let me know."

The woman in red stared at Director Chen, her expression unsteady as she gasped for breath, her chest heaving.

However, after a few seconds, the woman in red calmed down and continued to give Director Chen a friendly smile.

"It's alright, Director Chen. It's normal for accidents to happen while filming a show," the woman in red said with a smile, patting her chest. "Just take my part, as long as it doesn't interfere with filming."

"Okay, thank you for understanding. I'll treat you to a meal later. We'll be going now."

"See you later." The woman in red smiled and waved.

Amidst the crowd of staff, Xiaobai and Luming left the entrance of dressing room number two and headed towards the front of the stage, quickly disappearing from sight.

The woman in red maintained her smiling posture, watching the direction in which Director Chen and the others disappeared.

The staff member standing nearby, holding the script of the woman in red, was at a loss for what to do.

The next second, the woman in red snatched the script from the staff member's hands, gritted her teeth, and tore the script to shreds page by page. Then she threw the scraps of paper all over the staff member's face.

"Bitch! Bitch! It's all that little bitch Lu Ming's fault! My scenes must have been given to that girl next to Lu Ming! Yes, it must be! She's probably some lowlife who got in because of Lu Ming!" The woman in red's face was contorted with rage, her white teeth clenched beneath her red lips. "How can there be such a vixen in this industry! Stealing my scenes, stealing my scenes! I'll teach you to steal my scenes!! I was the closing guest! And she even tried to take my scenes! Director Chen must have been bewitched by that little bitch! So what if she's young and pretty? So what if she's young and pretty!! What's so great about her! Die, die, die, die, die, die!"

The woman in red vented her jealousy in an almost low howl.