Face Off (特化师/ Te Hua Shi)

Let's start.

Will he come?

Until the last minute, no one knows what he will decide.

He came!

Sorry, is Zhou Botong here? I have his parcel.

It's our parcel. Receptionist, sign it for me.

Zhenzhen!

Don't comfort me.

Finally! You are finally here. Our Bertone's apprentices are blessed.

I didn't think you would come. You scared me to death.

You sent me an emissary that pressured me to death. She can't be beaten or scolded away.

Even ghosts would be captured by her.

Come, come.

Everyone, let me introduce a master.

Internationally renowned special effects makeup master, Ian.

From today onward, he'll be part of our Bertone Face Off Studio.

Let's welcome him.

Even though I was pursuaded by Zhenzhen to come,

but it doesn't mean I'm willing to sign a contract for partnership.

I must understand your way of doing things before I actually sign it.

Then what are your thoughts? Please, say it.

Please don't make me as the ambassador of Bertone Face Off Studio.

Any action of using me to increase your company's fame and profit, I will deny.

Okay. Now, we at Bertone

will give you a condition.

We want you to forget every special effects techniques that had to do with Hollywood

and restart here at Bertone.

From the start, I have never thought of using your popularity.

You are a talented person and even if you don't have the fame of Hollywood,

I believe you can do well in China, too.

China's special effects industry only just started, don't you want to cooperate with me

and learn some of Hollywood's advanced techniques?

No matter how advanced the technique is,

using it on the foundation of China's special effects,

that is mere copying.

Eastern and Western cultures are different. They can't be cloned.

I did wish to use you. I wanted to use your talent

to come up with something that Hollywood doesn't have.

A special effects makeup that is unique to China.

When I founded this academy,

I didn't want to gain fame.

I just wanted to grow China's special effects makeup talent.

Before, China always hired foreigners to teach about special effects makeup.

But Westerners don't really understand the Oriental beauty.

China's culture can only be understood by Chinese people.

So people gifted in special effects makeup from China

must also be cultivated by Chinese people.

Do you agree with my point?

I agree. I am also very touched.

Then, we haven't seen each other wrongly.

Are you willing to join us officially?

A happy cooperation.

Your hotel menu had already been confirmed.

Do you have things you want to change?

I don't care as long as you like it.

How can that be? The most important thing is you like it.

Okay, majority should be like this. You guys can get to work.

Okay. Then, we will go prepare.

Let's go.

What are you so happy about?

Zifan just sent me a picture.

Wang Yi has signed a contract with Bertone. Look.

He's willing to continue special effects?

Everyone doesn't want him to give up.

This time, everyone had spent a lot of effort.

Being able to see him back to his normal self, makes me less worried.

Do you know this girl?

Her? She is Chen Zhen. She was a counter staff at ZM Mall.

But for some reason, she was fired by the supervisor.

Later on, for some reason, she became a fan of my brother's.

She said she wanted to walk the path of special effects makeup.

She is a very interesting girl.

I rarely see you compliment girls.

Yeah.

Chen Zhen has a dream and she is bold enough to reach for it.

I think there are very few girls like her.

What's wrong? Does hearing me compliment other girls

make you jealous?

You are thinking too much.

I'm telling you the truth.

I have to say, thanks to Chen Zhen for pursuading my brother tirelessly,

which is why he was able to overcome it.

Now seeing them both able to enter Bertone,

I hope she can learn more from my brother.

But she looks really happy,

maybe they can create different arts.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Are you tired?

I've made a reservation, let's go and eat.

Then I'll bring you back to the company?

- Okay. - Let's go.

They are the four apprentices for this year.

They are also the future stars of the special effects field.

I have a lot of confidence in our students.

Their enthusiasm really hits me.

If we cultivate them well, I believe they will be amazing.

Choose the student that fits you most.

Choose students? What do you mean?

Actually, I hope Bertone to always have this tradition.

Every few years, we'll recruit students to come in

and let the special effects master choose their student.

Right now, we have four masters at Bertone.

After you pick your students,

hopefully, you teach them with all of your knowledge and skills,

and make new talented special effects artists.

I already made my decision.

I want Sha Tian. I only want Sha Tian.

You already know that I put girls before friends.

Don't fight with me over her. If you do, I'll fall out with you.

As long as I work with Sha Tian,

I don't care about anything else.

Then, Master Fu Chen, have you gotten someone in your mind yet?

I don't care. As long as you don't give me anyone who's too dumb.

Then how about Master Wu Qing?

Everyone is the same. As long as you can hold on for one month, otherwise, you're just wasting my time.

Ian, I think you don't pick anyone.

Since Chen Zhen was able to get you to come to the company,

and helping herself get into Bertone,

I think you two should work together.

So that's how she was selected.

That's right. Originally, there were only three spots.

But to let you join our company, so as to have our four heavenly kings, (T/N: To have four special effects artists)

I tasked her to persuade you to work in Bertone as the condition for her to be selected.

No, I...

I'm not choosing her. Anyone else is fine. Just not her.

Since none of the masters have picked,

then...

How should we assign the students?

I must think through this thoroughly.

Master Ian, you've misunderstood.

The reason I want to go into Bertone is–

Making use of them so as to gain benefit. I have heard that clearly.

I admit. I got close to you initially because I wanted to get into Bertone,

but I really wanted you to get better later on.

After that, I didn't really care about getting into Bertone anymore.

The most important is that you shouldn't give up on yourself and special effects makeup.

Special effects makeup to me is very interesting, but it is very difficult to learn.

You've worked hard for so long, if you give up now, wouldn't it be a pity?

You've found so many reasons to justify your actions.

But what I heard is that it's full of self-interest and benefits. There's no meaning in continuing to listen.

Have you finished?

Zhenzhen, you don't need to care about Ian's words.

I feel quite pissed to be misunderstood by him.

I know. But everyone will work together in the company from now on.

As the saying goes, "Time will reveal a person's true heart."

After being together for a while, he'll see what type of person you are.

No. He denied taking me in as his student in front of so many people.

How would people see me in the future?

You've already entered Bertone, why do you care about what others say?

The most important thing is our dream has come true.

You're right. Why would I care about others' opinions?

I have a clear conscience, I didn't do anything wrong. That's enough.

Come, eat some shrimp.

- Is this the place you were talking about? - Maybe.

Meili, come back.

Let's go.

Sit, come eat together.

Sit with us.

Sit.

Why are you so scared? I'm not going to kill you guys.

I'm not afraid.

Peng Meili, I'm not blaming you. I forgive you. I know you didn't do it on purpose.

Don't be too reserved.

Really?

I've already entered Bertone, I don't care about the past.

I want to say, we should eat and drink together.

We're colleagues now. Let's have a good relationship.

You're not going to rat on me or find a chance to take revenge on me?

Do you want to find the right time and destroy our work, too?

Did you think everyone is like you? If Zhenzhen says she won't, then she won't.

That's right. What they said is right.

We are colleagues now, right?

You probably don't want to hide from them everytime you see them, right?

And I don't even want to think about the past anymore.

I'm worried that after we get into Bertone, things will be tough..

Fine. Promise!

Everyone saw that, right?

Waiter, another two sets of cutlery.

Then, let's eat together.

Go ahead and order.

I heard that their food is great. We came here straight after work.

You ran away when you saw me.

That... but Chen Zhen...

Uh, even though you don't blame me anymore,

I have to apologize to you.

I forgive you.

But I must explain myself.

I really didn't do it on purpose.

You can't just judge me by the outcome and think that I'm a bad person.

You're right. I completely understand your feelings now.

Maybe my motive at the start wasn't that pure,

but my heart is still good. Right?

Why doesn't he understand?

Zhenzhen is troubled by what happened during the choosing of students by the masters.

We're also troubled.

We just don't know when the masters will let us know who they choose.