Chapter 702: The Outpost Battle for Magazine Promotion Begins

Jin Li didn't know that because she was too capable, she had left psychological trauma for the makeup artist at "Jinse."

Makeup artist: Felt like my hands were going to be ruined these three days.

But the "Jinse" staff were well-prepared, so Jin Li only took two and a half days to finish all ten outfits.

Seeing how popular the behind-the-scenes footage released by "Counterattack" was, the editor-in-chief of "Jinse" also got the idea to shoot behind-the-scenes footage.

In these two and a half days, the camera in the editor-in-chief's hand was never put down.

While Jin Li was getting her makeup done, he would even specifically chat with her to do a small interview.

Jin Li didn't know how other stars performed in front of the camera, but she was very relaxed.

She felt that when an actor isn't participating in a performance, they should leave more of life to themselves so they won't be controlled by the character.

If you have to act when you're working, and you also have to act in life after work, that's too tiring.

It's very easy to lose yourself this way.

Why do many stars get depression?

It might be because there are too many voices expressing things in their ears, and the stars want to cater to and please every voice, but instead, they get crushed by these voices.

So Jin Li has been seriously being herself all these years, selectively filtering out most of the voices.

If she likes something, she'll try it; when she needs to fight, she'll work hard; if she wants to lie flat and slack off, she'll reduce her announcements.

The feeling she gives people in the circle is that she has no star airs at all, nor does she have any idol baggage.

The first time the editor-in-chief of "Jinse" came into contact with Jin Li was during last year's shoot.

At that time, he didn't interact much with Jin Li, only feeling that this actor's expressiveness in front of the camera was amazing.

She not only looked good in dynamic videos, but could also find a sense of liveliness in static photos, which is rare.

Often, stars in the circle can only do one well.

It wasn't until later, after Jin Li participated in many announcement activities related to "Jinse," that the editor-in-chief became familiar with Jin Li and realized she was very interesting.

It's really rare to see someone with such a personality—not fawning or pleasing—stay popular in the entertainment industry for so long.

Having seen too much of what people in the circle can do to gain resources, suddenly seeing a "clear stream" made the editor-in-chief appreciate Jin Li even more.

This time, he took the camera to shoot, and the questions he asked were all questions only old friends would ask.

"Is work tiring?"

Jin Li was originally maintaining a blank expression, letting the makeup artist paint and smear on her face.

Hearing this, she laughed out loud, breaking her composure.

"You're still asking me this question? Why not ask yourself—do you feel tired these past few days?"

The editor-in-chief replied: "Not tired. We arranged many things in advance, so it's not chaotic at all."

Jin Li: "Exactly, so I'm not tired either. Everyone has arranged everything, and I just need to take pictures."

The editor-in-chief: "Listening to you say that, it seems like taking pictures is a thing with no technical content."

Jin Li blinked: "Isn't it? What technical content could this have? I'm not talking about professional photography; it's just making corresponding expressions and actions when a person is being filmed by a camera, isn't it?"

She recalled it and confirmed again:

"Taking pictures is still very simple, right? I haven't really gotten stuck when you guys are filming me."

The editor-in-chief: "Can I tell the truth?"

Jin Li smiled lightly again: "Please start your performance."

The editor-in-chief: "Ahem! I want to say that for many people, taking pictures is still quite difficult.

The person taking the picture needs to adjust various parameters; this is the professional scope of a photographer, so let's not talk too much about that. But the person being filmed also needs some skills, otherwise, there wouldn't be so many strategy posts on the internet.

You think being filmed is simple, maybe it's because you are naturally suitable for being on camera and can ignore the lens. I would still be a bit nervous facing the lens."

Jin Li tilted her head slightly: "Is that so? Then you can try shooting videos and then screenshot the photos you are satisfied with; that way, it will look much more lively."

The editor-in-chief's eyes lit up: "This idea is good, but the high definition of video can't be compared to photos, right?"

Jin Li said meaningfully: "That's where you don't understand. Blur has the beauty of blur; overly high-definition pictures also magnify shortcomings."

This behind-the-scenes footage was organized by "Jinse" and released to fight the outpost battle for promotion.

It was late August, not yet September, and Jin Li hadn't started school.

She had just finished shooting the big magazine cover for "Jinse" a while ago and was shooting the big magazine cover for "Nianhua" these past few days.

When she swiped to this behind-the-scenes footage, she couldn't help but smile, specifically logged into her main account to like the official blog post, and incidentally looked at the netizens' comments.

[I can only say that some people's expressiveness in front of the camera is innate; they are born to be actors, standing under the flickering starlight.]

[I'm bad at taking photos; I can't even figure out selfies _(:3」∠)_]

[Am I the only one who can't take photos? Every time I'm asked to pose, I don't know what to do and have to go to various technical posts to find poses.]

[1, bad at taking photos. However, taking photos is also related to a person's facial proportions. I know someone who looks average in real life but looks particularly good in photos.]

[Most people don't look as good in photos as they do in real life; even stars have this shortcoming. It's hard to imagine how beautiful stars who look good in photos must be in real life~]

[Just looking at the video shot by this editor-in-chief, I think Jin Li is stunning. The clothes she's wearing are very good-looking; bright red is indeed flattering! Just ask, when can I encounter Jin Li in real life once?]

After swiping through some comments, Jin Li put down her phone and started reading.

Shooting photos for "Nianhua" was more troublesome; she had already shot for two days but only finished two sets.

School was starting in a few days, so she would read books to find her feel whenever she had time recently.

And the editor-in-chief of "Nianhua" also saw the behind-the-scenes video released on the official website of "Jinse" and suddenly felt that this way of promotion seemed better than just finding marketing accounts to write articles.

The business nature of marketing accounts is too strong, and there is too much subjective output; some netizens get tired of seeing it and won't look at it much.

Instead, this kind of direct upload of behind-the-scenes footage, without any point-of-view output, allowing netizens to find their own cute points and then "ship" it, is also quite good.

Like some things Jin Li said in this behind-the-scenes footage, if it were in front of a traffic star, once the agent found out, they would strongly demand the magazine to delete it.

Because they were worried that saying these things would cause criticism from fans, being considered too "Versailles" (humble-bragging) by fans.

Even if the fans wouldn't, and were very doting on the star, it would still be easy for the star's anti-fans to use it as a topic to attack.

This is also the helplessness of top-tier idols.

Some things are better left unsaid if saying more leads to more mistakes, like an exquisite doll robot.

But these viewpoints are no problem when placed on a mature artist like Jin Li.

She can reveal her true self without fear of criticism.

The editor-in-chief of "Nianhua" thought of this and felt that shooting behind-the-scenes footage had great potential, and perhaps it could even save a sum of promotion expenses.

So when Jin Li was doing her makeup and styling on the second day, she suddenly found that the scene in front of her was very familiar, as if it had happened just a few days ago.

She looked helplessly at the editor-in-chief, who was almost poking the camera into her face, and said: "Why are you shooting videos too?"

The editor-in-chief of "Nianhua" smiled and said: "Learning from 'Jinse.' That damn man has a knack for promotion; the performance of 'Jinse' in September this year is estimated to explode, so I decided to follow suit."

Jin Li kindly reminded: "Just taking pictures is boring; not only shoot but also ask questions. Have you found good questions?"

Editor-in-chief: "Found them."

She paused, "But I feel it's a bit too official. I'll show it to you."

Jin Li glanced down.

[What is your impression of "Nianhua"?]

[Have you ever read "Nianhua" before?]

[Would you recommend "Nianhua" to friends?]

Jin Li: ...

If she weren't getting her makeup done, she would really want to reach out and support her head.

Is this an interview, or a reader questionnaire?

Jin Li looked up at the editor-in-chief, met those clear eyes, and stopped talking.

The editor-in-chief forgot that she hadn't turned off the camera and said very confidently:

"I have never participated in promotion before. I know these questions are a bit too routine. If there is anything bad, feel free to say it, and I will change it."

Jin Li: "I'm really going to say it?"

The editor-in-chief nodded with a smile: "Go ahead!"

Jin Li: "How about you don't participate in promotion, leave professional things to the marketing team, and let them ask the questions."

The editor-in-chief's expression stiffened for a moment, then cracked inch by inch.

She looked at the questions she had come up with again and asked uncertainly: "Is it really that bad?"

Jin Li said with 100% certainty: "It's not a question of being bad. If it were a bit bad, there would be a way to save it. This is a question that needs to be directly sent back to the furnace and rebuilt."

The editor-in-chief choked again.

She seemed to have been hit in her self-confidence and hurriedly left the makeup room to find the promotion team for an emergency discussion.

By the afternoon, other people were carrying cameras to her, interviewing her just like "Jinse."

But this time, the questions they prepared finally had some standard, and Jin Li was willing to cooperate.

She expressed her true attitude in these questions, highlighting her personality.

When the shoot ended that day, while Jin Li was removing her makeup, the shooting team came in again and asked if they could film her removing her makeup.

Many stars are very taboo about showing their true appearance in front of the camera, as this would make them take off their glamorous halos.

Some netizens would think that this is just an ordinary person, just packaged by makeup to become a star.

If the star's bare face is good, then the makeup removal scene will become a god-tier scene.

But if the bare face is poor, it will really make netizens feel "I can do it too."

And it just so happened that Jin Li was a star whose bare face was very good.

When the makeup artist was applying makeup, she had praised her skin for being moist and beautiful more than once.

"Baby, other stars should be so envious of your foundation!

They have to get water-light injections several times a month, and they might not even reach your state. Sure enough, natural beauty and a mother-given good skin is invincible!"

So Jin Li faced the shooting team's inquiry and generously said: "Okay!"

The shooting for "Nianhua" was completely different from "Jinse."

Although they were also promoting next year's popular color, bright red, the types of clothes they went for were completely different.

It lived up to Sister Fang's evaluation of "having a very Chinese style feel."

When Jin Li was shooting, she also felt that it really lived up to the Chinese style.

The makeup and styling were cumbersome and complex, the accessories were particular, the clothing was particular, the layering was particular, and even the embroidered shoes that could be mostly covered by the skirt were particular and luxurious.

Because every combination was very particular, her makeup and styling speed was very slow.

She also had to shoot ten sets, but according to the progress of the first two days, "Nianhua" could shoot at most one set a day.

Jin Li felt that they had already shot for three days, everyone had adapted, and they should be able to speed up a bit tomorrow.

But she could only accelerate herself, not others.

Currently, it seems that the staff at "Nianhua" didn't have the same passion as "Jinse," and they didn't arrange things in every detail.

There were many unexpected situations on the scene, all of which were solved temporarily, rather than having many backup plans thought out in advance and directly applied.

This also destined that the efficiency of Nianhua was not as good as Jinse, and the shooting speed was not as good as Jinse.

On the scene.

The shooting team staff asked: "Jin Li, the makeup artist said your skin quality is very good. Do you have any secrets for skincare?"

Jin Li thought for a while, "Sleeping on time, I guess."

"So simple?"

She smiled: "As a star, for the needs of being on camera, I will also do extra maintenance."

Actually, there was no maintenance.

Even Sui Lingfang knew this, and she had also sighed more than once about how money-saving a face that didn't need maintenance was.

But she definitely couldn't say that outside.

This was too counter-intuitive.

She couldn't possibly say that this body was nourished by divine power from time to time, which was the top-level medical beauty.

Jin Li changed the subject, "But the projects I do are not something ordinary people can afford, and I don't recommend them to do it. I think the maintenance I can grasp is going to bed early and getting up early, insisting on exercise; sweat is the best toner."

The staff asked a few more questions, all of which were quite standard.

Jin Li happened to finish removing her makeup, and the photographer not only recorded the video but also specifically took a few photos for archiving.

After finishing work and sitting in the car to go home, Jin Li's phone vibrated a few times, and she saw the photos sent by Gu Cheng.

He was the opposite of her; he had finished shooting photos for Nianhua a few days ago, and these past few days he was shooting photos for Jinse.

What he sent were the photos taken at Jinse.

Naturally, he didn't send high-definition photos, and what he was wearing wasn't the key clothing, but a few photos he took with his phone—although blurry, they were very atmospheric.

Jin Li looked carefully and raised her eyebrows.

If Jinse positioned her as a career woman, then they positioned Gu Cheng as noble—

Natural elegance.

Gu Cheng's face and temperament, as well as the character setting in "Counterattack," made this temperament simply his chosen word.

I have to say, Jinse had completely magnified Gu Cheng's charm.

Since he publicly called out on his blog, the frequency of him sending photos these days had increased significantly.

emmm...

A bit like a peacock spreading its tail~

Jin Li sent a [Big Like] emoji and asked: [Off work?]

Gu Cheng: [Jinse's efficiency is very high, off work long ago. How about you? You didn't just get back, did you?]

Jin Li: [Yes]

Gu Cheng looked at the time; it was already ten o'clock in the evening.

To be honest, this time node had already broken Jin Li's daily routine; she must be very tired today.

Gu Cheng sent a voice message—

"I've cooperated with Nianhua several times; they like to drag things out. If you don't make demands, they can probably drag it out to one set a day. Let your team talk to them."

Although the contract stipulated the shooting date and time.

But Nianhua's team was really quite special.

How to say it, this is a team that would rather pay you a large amount of overtime pay than delay.

It's just very magical.