Mr. Butler on the catwalk

Portov looked at Luo Lin: "What do you want to do after you find this woman?"

"Talk to her. I think she has a right to know the truth about her fiancé."

Portov showed a worried expression: "Luo Lin...do you really think it's necessary? I mean, she may have already understood Alfred's nature, even if you go..."

Luo Lin shook his head slightly: "...I don't know what kind of girl she is, but if she knows what Alfred has done, their engagement can't be so smooth. You don't know what kind of girl Alfred is? For the convenience of work, how many people have been cheated and have sex with. Until he met Lilian, he has not stopped this kind of behavior... I don't think anyone would be willing to marry someone who is habitually cheating on himself fraud."

Portway's expression still didn't relax: "But things won't be that simple. If Lilian has already had a preconceived impression of you—you know that the reports in the publications are still against you—she won't believe you, Luo Lin."

Luo Lin sighed: "Then I will try to convince her, it's as simple as that. She may have read the newspaper and thought my assistant was a clown, a joke... But her situation is actually the same as my assistant's." .It’s just that she still has value to use, so Alfred didn’t choose to leave her for the time being. I really don’t want to see anyone being deceived by Alfred again.”

Portovie scratched his hair helplessly: "...if you have made up your mind, I will support you, really. But there is one more question at the end——Luo Lin, that is the daughter of Karsten Rudolf, who is almost at the same level as Paris Hilton , you can't walk up to her and say 'hey, let's talk'. As for appointments... I think that's even less likely, the report that smeared you was sent by her dear dad .”

Looking at Bodewei like this, Luo Lin suddenly smiled slightly.He bent down and pulled out a folded A4 sheet from the inside of his notebook.

Portway's expression was a little puzzled.

Luo Lin unfolded the piece of paper—it was a beautifully printed information page, on which was printed "Dillilah, a luxury club in New York, is looking for a banquet butler", and stated that the working time was on January 1.

Botov looked at Luo Lin, his eyes full of puzzled inquiries.

Luo Lin smiled more happily: "On January 1th, Lilian Rudolf rented this clubhouse to have a party with her friends, and I know that Alfred has other auditions that day, so he won't show up."

"so you?"

"I think you probably still remember that I used to be a housekeeper." Luo Lin slowly folded the information page again, still smiling leisurely, with his head tilted slightly: "So this afternoon's task After that, there is another job interview waiting for me."

"You're really..." Portway didn't seem to know what to say next.

"...You can choose to praise my action." Luo Lin walked downstairs as he said this - he still had a dozen people to make breakfast.

Looking at Luo Lin like this, Botov unconsciously showed a doting smile on his face.

……

Before the competition within the group started, Luo Lin had time to find Sith.

What he has to do is to show the information collected by Duan Fei to the LGM official for review.

"...The informant in the report said that Alfred sent the photos secretly taken to the newspaper...The phone call records show that he had contacted several brand PRs in advance...Wait, Luo Lin, you hired someone to go Did these things?" Sith frowned.

"It's not me, Sith. Some people did this and gave me the information." Luo Lin replied.

Sith put down the things in his hands: "I believe that some of the information here is not obtained through normal channels. I'm sorry, Luo Lin, because it involves operations that violate privacy, we can't take these as legitimate evidence. In fact, I don't Ready to read on."

Luo Lin was silent for a while, then looked up at Sith: "But I think you know what is the truth... Am I right?"

Sith shook his head: "Luo Lin, you need to know that I work for LGM."

Luo Lin let out a long breath: "I understand...but I just want to prove that Alfred is not as innocent as he looks."

After pondering for a moment, Sith said, "Luo Lin, the theme week is very close, you should pay more attention to your competition."

Luo Lin looked into Sith's eyes: "...Are you telling me to run away from something?"

Sith looked at Luo Lin, and suddenly smiled: "Then do you think I'm covering up Alfred?"

Luo Lin lowered his eyes and didn't speak.

Sith sighed, patted Luo Lin on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Luo Lin, your performance is more important than anything else. Alfred will pay for what he did... and you Here, don’t worry about the fairness of LGM.”

Luo Lin's expression was still a little hesitant, and his pretty eyebrows were slightly frowned.Sith shrugged helplessly, and finally whispered in Luo Lin's ear: "Listen, Luo Lin. I shouldn't have told you these things, but since you're so worried... well, I'm not blindly Deny you the evidence against Alfred, but now we don't need it at all."

Luo Lin looked at him in confusion.

“…You know, after the leak, we confiscated your assistant’s notepad. What we were able to establish at the time was that he violated the non-disclosure agreement, and that’s how we made our judgments and decisions. But his defense was equally It was recorded according to the procedure, but we had no evidence at that time that Alfred had also obtained the leaked information. So we did not punish Alfred."

Xi paused, took a breath and continued:

"But that's only temporary, Luo Lin. We who work for LGM will do our best to prevent injustice from happening. Gordon is the most determined to find out about this matter - he found an old friend, Asked him to help with fingerprinting on that notepad. I think your assistant should be thankful that he has a glue page in his book... Now, what we found is enough to see through some people's lies. LGM already has a plan of its own , and you, Luo Lin, just need to move forward."

Luo Lin was still a little dazed by this sudden change, blinked his eyes a few times, and still frowned.Sith straightened up, raised one corner of his mouth, and lightly punched Luo Lin on the shoulder: "C'monbro, now we have your back. You are my favorite camper among all, so what you should do is nothing else, It's about responding to my expectations ... and the rest, we'll take care of it."

Luo Lin raised his hand and pushed the hair on his cheeks behind his ears.Facing Sith, he finally smiled slowly.

Sith just stood with his arms folded, and now he frowned exaggeratedly: "...you smile so beautifully, I even start to think that you like me a little...but you know I'm straight, right?"

Luo Lin laughed out loud: "This joke is not funny."

"It's a joke, but I'm being straight... What the hell am I talking about... Well, you have business to do next, hurry up and get into the studio. Please, don't let me down."

Sith patted Luo Lin's shoulder again.Luo Lin turned around, but finally added: "Thank you, sir."

Sith smiled gently and raised his hand: "You are welcome."

……

Regarding the TV commercial plan for Canny Island Amusement Park, Luo Lin had already submitted it to the employer yesterday.According to the arrangement in his plan, the studio has already prepared the background and props layout early.Alfred will shoot in the studio next door to Luo Lin, without interfering with each other.

Luo Lin entered the shed after noon.After the preliminary preparations were completed, he stood next to the camera for a while, facing the black wall in the background, and staring at the side light source projected on the lower right.

He has changed into a 20th-century-style American citizen costume.The upper body is a shirt with a white background, with thin vertical stripes of dark dark green and nearly black on it, and a black and white color matching vest.The trousers are warm black wool trousers, and the moccasins without laces are also black and white in order to echo the vest.In addition, he also tied a crooked bow tie around his neck—it was red, but it had a matte texture.And beside the pocket of his vest, he could see a small pocket watch chain.

This outfit is a typical black, white and red tones, because most of the colors are pure and pure, bringing out a strong and classic sense of the stage.However, the stripes of the shirt are not exactly black, so it might not be too dazzling under the light, but it might add some soft nostalgia.

As for Luo Lin's makeup - Luo Lin chose not to wear makeup.

For this advertising image, Luo Lin is pursuing a sense of nature.The color of the clothes on his body has reached the effect of attracting eyeballs. If his makeup is too obvious, it will be suspected of being out of bounds.As for the base makeup that other people must have when they are on camera, Luo Lin boldly skipped it because of his good skin.

His hair was only tied back into a ponytail, and the uncombed hair was left on the sides of his cheeks, slightly curled, with a careless look, a daily atmosphere.

Such Luo Lin stood by the side for a while, finally took a deep breath, and walked to the front of the camera.

... This time, it only took him twelve minutes to complete his performance, and the director asked him to go through the entire commercial twice.

When filming, Staff did not see any recording equipment in the studio——

Because Luo Lin didn't say a word during the performance.

……

Luo Lin stated in the plan submitted that this advertisement is silent like a pantomime.It's just that the same silent subtitles should be inserted between the action and the picture.

Staff prepared those subtitles and special effects in advance, so after Luo Lin's filming ended, their post-processing didn't take long.The editing of some of the shots was decided by Luo Lin sitting next to the director - after all, this is the plan, design process, and conceived picture written by Luo Lin himself; in some respects, he may have more say than the director .

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Alfred and Luo Lin's two samples were edited and edited. As the final product of the task, they were shown in front of the hiring representative.

Luo Lin's advertisement was first projected on the big screen——

Against the black background, Luo Lin walked slowly from the left to the screen.At the beginning of the screen, only his chest appeared, and Luo Lin's hands could be seen in the side pockets, but there was no leisurely walking atmosphere.The camera just kept moving forward with his footsteps—the black background wall and the black road stretched out, as if there was no end, bringing the audience a sense of tranquility and dizziness.

Luo Lin just walked like this until his toes touched something.

...it was a shriveled, almost deflated white balloon lying on the ground.

Luo Lin's footsteps stopped, and then he squatted down slowly, almost hesitantly.

The audience finally sees his face.The dark-haired man lowered his eyes and frowned slightly, looking a little sad.In the nearly static picture, the camera zoomed in, so the audience could see clearly that his lips were slightly opened and closed—as if he had something to say, but in the end, there was still a silent silence.Some sentences seemed to be strangled in his chest, in exchange for an up and down of his Adam's apple.

—You know you've been here.

The black and white subtitles said so.

In the next second, the texture of the picture changed, and it became the style of an old movie—the tiny black shadows passed by quickly, vibrating up and down, and the film was pulled one by one, and occasionally the light and shadow froze; See a white hydrogen balloon suspended in the air.The balloon was round and full, and even the floating light on the surface was so innocent and bright.

- You know there are your memories here.

The previously silent black-haired man reappeared in the picture.It's just that in this past memory, he was sitting on the ground with a relaxed atmosphere, leaning casually against the wall behind him, with one leg straightened and the other bent.His chin is slightly raised, he looks lazy, his eyes are too lazy to open, only his smile is obvious and willful.In his hand was a long rope tied with a balloon—he pulled down the rope little by little until the balloon was in front of him, then let go of his hands and watched the small white ball float up little by little.

The man squinted his eyes halfway, watching the balloon go up.Because there is a certain kind of warmth in his eyes, people have an illusion - the black background is just because the memory can't be painted again, this person is clearly sitting on a sunny day.

Seemingly satisfied with the sunshine above his head, the man finally closed his eyelids slowly, slowly.

...And at that moment, the texture of the picture changed back to a cold and stable state again.After time flew by, the man opened his eyes in the "now" time and space, surrounded by silence.

He looks sad.But he still stood up slowly, and let the inflated white balloon continue to lie on the ground.

He even turned away.

—When you leave here disappointed, you don't know it can be reborn.

The moment the man turned around, the pocket watch in his pocket fell to the ground.The man sighed silently and bent down to pick it up, only to find that the hands of the pocket watch started to go backwards.

The man's eyes widened slightly.He wanted to reach out to put away the pocket watch, but his wrist, which appeared in the camera, was tied with a red string at some point.

Following the rope, the man slowly raised his head——

Above his head, there was a red balloon floating quietly and happily.

- Caney Island Amusement Park.After 120 years of history, reopened.

——Come here and retrieve your balloon.Come here and find yourself in the past.

After such subtitles, it is the appearance of the man standing in the camera.He's holding his balloon, smiling so hard that his eyes narrow, with an expression reminiscent of a simple, easily satisfied child.

……

After such a short commercial was played, a young Staff was the first to applaud——

"What a delicate ad! It's like a fashion blockbuster... It really feels like it!"

The other Staff applauded in response.The representative of the employer applauded in order not to appear abrupt in this situation.However, his brows were slightly furrowed, and no joy could be seen from the corners of his straight lips.

Luo Lin has been sitting quietly on the side.He could understand the lack of admiration on the employer's face, but he still felt calm—this advertisement was all his own plan and arrangement, and he knew the advantages and disadvantages best.Therefore, no matter what the result is, he is ready to accept it.

The employment representative raised his hand to pause the applause:

"Please play the second sample of the ad."

So Luo Lin's fixed smile on the screen disappeared, and was replaced by Alfred's profile face stained with paint.

……

Alfred also conceived of nostalgia—no surprise there.In the picture, he has shaggy hair, wearing a white vest and brown overalls, and a pair of worn newsboy shoes on his bare feet.

This kind of Alfred, there are traces of dripping oil paint on his face and body - the colorful tender pink and grass green fall on him, which is a very lively effect.In his left hand he holds a dirty gray tweed hat aloft, and in his right he holds a brush with white paint on it, wrist raised.He closed his eyes, curled up one corner of his mouth, and raised his eyebrows.

With nostalgic country music playing, Alfred opened his eyes and turned his head sideways to face the camera.At this moment, the spotlight also fell on top of his head with a "snap", casting a bright circular halo on the floor.

In the soft female chorus of the background music, Alfred threw the hat into the sky, and then jumped up to catch the hat—the moment he landed, he turned around in the air, and finally knelt on the ground on one knee.The sound of fingers snapped in the music, and Alfred raised his hand and slowly pressed the hat on top of his head, his jaw slightly closed.

The music paused for a second, then changed to a strong Broadway-style dance number—and the lights came on at the same time.Alfred whistled, stood up and stood up again.In his demeanor now, there is more of the wandering look of an unruly youth.

When he was shooting, the blue background wall has been transformed into a large pair of colorful and even movable crayon drawings after post-processing special effects.On the rough but lovely drawing paper, it is clearly what Canny Island Paradise will look like after it is completed.

——In this background, Alfred danced BroadwayDance and sang a song adapted from "Lady Marmalade".

That song, just like the most typical commercial song, sang the iconic facilities in Canny Island Park with the familiar tunes of the audience: the roller coaster named "Hurricane", the miracle of "Dano" Wheels, boardwalks and beaches, and the Broken Aquarium—

"...It'll come to you this summer, Again, Again and Again," Alfred hummed happily, jumped up, pulled the street lamp pole used as props around a circle, and took off the hat on his head Come down and turn around: "Here your dream will be found so give me your hand—" Alfred walked up to the camera with a big stride, bent down, blinked one eyeglass at the camera, stretched out his hand, first made a fist, and then snapped his fingers Open: "This is your Coney Island."

The music reaches a small crescendo, and Alfred takes a step back and does a few step dance moves with his hips akimbo in the scene.At the moment when the music stopped abruptly, he jumped up high, swinging his legs almost sideways to one side, and made an extremely difficult alternating kick - which made him almost fall when he fell.But in the end, he was able to balance the pose, take off his hat and bow.

The lights changed back to the way they were at the beginning, and the spotlight fell on Alfred's shoulders quietly.After bowing, Alfred exhaled, his chest heaved, and he walked out of the camera.

The screen went dark.

In the background, the crayon drawings, now so dim that they are almost invisible, were slowly cast a warm yellow glow.

"Park Coney island, reopen in this August. Waiting for youtovisit."

Someone outside the screen spoke so softly with a mellow voice, which made people feel vaguely warm.

...and that's the end of this ad.

Staff also started applauding.

Now Luo Lin noticed that there was a look of satisfaction on the face of the employment representative.Luo Lin then turned his eyes away, probably knowing what the result would be.

……

The person selected to hire was indeed Alfred.

After knowing the result, Luo Lin calmly packed up his things and went out. On the way, he met the young Staff who gave Luo Lin the lead in applauding earlier.

"They are all tasteless people! I mean, your ad looks so beautiful and stylish, it's not at all different from ordinary park adverts..." The young boy seemed to want to complain about him.

"Thank you," Luo Lin smiled at him, "But I know what's wrong."

...he really knew.Just like what the employment representative said when he was notified of the result, too many things were circumvented in his advertisement.

Just now, that serious man sat in front of him and said to him word by word: "...First of all, your performance is not coherent. Because too many clips were edited and re-edited, almost all The plot transitions are expressed by technological means, not your own actions and expressions. Such a montage-like setting may give the advertisement a sense of depth in a short movie, but your personal efforts have not been fully displayed. "

"Other than that, you don't talk, not even at all. Let alone dance, sing... I'm not saying pantomime has a bad vibe, it's just that I can't see from this commercial that you have other Talent. Compared with Alfred's theme that involves multiple elements, you may dig deeper into the vertical emotion, but completely lose in the horizontal form of expression. And a noisy theme like an amusement park is actually more suitable Expand horizontally."

"The last point is that your advertisement has a higher audience threshold than Alfred's. It requires the audience to have enough patience to endure the black screen and silence for more than 45 seconds in the early stage. Although your balloon is the simplest The metaphor, but believe me, in this era of spam, there will still be many people who don't understand its symbolic meaning. The theme of the amusement park was not revealed until the end-but before that, the audience may have switched channels. This As a result, some people can understand this advertisement and like it very much; while others... they just find it uncomfortable. As an employer, what we want is extensive publicity, not some people fandom. We just have to make it accessible to everyone."

After hearing these words, Luo Lin didn't explain himself, just said in a low voice, "I understand, thank you very much for your comment", then stood up and shook hands with the employment representative.

Seeing Luo Lin's calm look, the representative showed a worried expression instead: "We made this decision because of our work needs, not for you personally...so you must not have anything to worry about...uh, I I mean, you're great."

Luo Lin smiled: "Thank you, but I'm really fine. I know what's wrong... and I'll fix it slowly."

He said good-bye to the representative and came out of the conversation room.He was also very moved by what the Staff said to him afterwards, but he would not feel that he had made no mistakes because of this.

...His biggest mistake was that he chose to escape.

He knew that he was not used to the camera lens, and he would be unconsciously nervous when facing that kind of lens, and he might not be able to control the tone of his speech well.

So he chose not to speak, and split the continuous shots into freeze-frame pictures.

He chose to shoot the TV commercials as a flat blockbuster.

The final product may make some people feel bright, but Luo Lin can't fool himself.

——Is it really necessary to challenge head-on?

Luo Lin tucked the hair on his cheeks behind his ears, lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally showed himself a small smile.

……

It was already getting dark when Luo Lin walked out of the recording studio.Alfred changed back into casual clothes and stood by the side of the road. He didn't leave Luo Lin first, but seemed to be waiting for him.

Luo Lin looked at the watch on his wrist, and was calculating the route of the job interview that he would do later.He walked past Alfred, ignoring Alfred's gaze on him.

"...Don't you feel unwilling to lose to me again?" Alfred spoke from the side, opened his legs, and followed Luo Lin's footsteps.

Luo Lin continued to move forward: "Unfortunately, I won't."

"Are you avoiding me?" Alfred sneered.

"I have other things to do." Luo Lin looked ahead and straightened his scarf.

"That's interesting... a date?" Alfred still didn't stop following him.

Luo Lin sighed, finally stood still and turned around:

"If you have anything to say, just say it. I don't want you to follow me all the time."

Alfred faced Luo Lin, his eyes fixed, and he was silent for two seconds before saying: "Want to have dinner with me?"

Luo Lin felt that the sudden invitation was a bit ridiculous, so he replied——

"No, I don't want to."

Alfred stopped talking.

Luo Lin took one last look at him: "If there is nothing else, I have to go first. Please don't follow me anymore."

Then Luo Lin turned around and continued walking his own way, and there was no sound of Alfred's footsteps behind him.

In the end, Luo Lin was sitting in the subway car, and suddenly felt that Alfred's expression was a bit strange when he was talking to him.

——without the usual overtly friendly atmosphere, it was a flat, dry invitation.

Thinking about Alfred living alone now, I don't know who he eats with every day and how he gets along...

However, these things are not what Luo Lin should consider.He has no reason to sympathize with this person.

Now he has other important things to attend to.

……

"...Please tell me the one thing that impressed you the most in your experience as a personal butler. And on this basis, explain how this incident inspired you."

- Among all the important things, including completing this complex application interview.