58 is a part-time Taobao print model in the same city. I don’t have any samples and they ask me to shoot them and pay the model sample production fee. Is it reliable?

It’s unreliable. All the information on recruitment of actors, models and artist-related positions on 58.com, Ganji.com and other websites are all fake recruitment to defraud money. None of them are real. You can’t even touch them. Don't touch them, as long as you look at them, they will find a way to make you pay. The real company only charges commission from your activities and does not charge any other fees from you. The model card is also made for you for free.

So, anyone who applies for a model job and asks you to pay money to take photos and make a model card is a liar! A model card is an information card for a model to introduce herself, with your photo and personal information printed on it. Whether you are a part-time or full-time model, strictly speaking, you need a model card. But the model card is not a necessary thing, it just makes it easier to introduce yourself to the model using unit. Just like a business person needs a business card, it’s not a big deal if you have one or not. However, the production of model cards is not as simple and low-cost as business cards. The process of taking photos and printing is relatively expensive.

Therefore, now those agencies that defraud money and falsely recruit models will defraud you of high amounts of money in the name of needing a model card, because, first, it does not cost that much money to make a model card. . Second, after they make the model card for you, they will not provide it to the employer for reference at all. They will tell you that no one can choose you and let you go home and wait. From then on, there will be no news again, because the production of the model card The cost is very small, so how much they charge you is equivalent to how much they cheated you.

Some companies ask you to pay part of the fee up front and deduct the remaining money from future activities. This is also a scam. They will only complete the activities for which you owe the fees and will not give you any money. Money, or less money, so that you can do activities for them for free. Once the fees you owe are collected, they will no longer give you any activities. Are you willing to do this kind of ineffective work? That way you'll suffer even more. But if you don’t do it, the part you have already paid will be in vain, and they will not give it back to you even if they kill you.

Note that some companies tell you that you can also go out and make model cards yourself, which is actually a scam. Because even if you go out to do it, ask around, if you include taking pictures, whoever does it will be more expensive than them, so you will definitely come back to them. They have calculated all this, and they know that you will definitely come back to them to do it. . In fact, the model card is just an excuse. After they make the model card for you, they will say that no customers are willing to choose you as their model, so you have to wait. As a result, there will be no news forever after waiting, which is equivalent to making money for you in vain. Only God knows whether they show the cost of making a model card to the client or not!

In fact, the cost of a model card is mainly to take photos. As long as you have suitable photos of yourself, making a model card basically costs nothing. It can also be made into an electronic version, which you can make by yourself, store it in your mobile phone, and send it to whoever needs it, without any cost at all. They said it was a commercial sample, purely to bluff people, it was just a model card.

A real and non-deceptive modeling company will never recruit amateurs from the public, and will sign contracts internally through professional channels. Not only do they have to sign up with contestants who have graduated from professional colleges and major talent shows, they must at least go through auditions and screening activities organized by industry insiders for free, and see the photos they take of you with professional requirements to prove that you are indeed Only with that material can we sign a contract with you. Note that this audition does not have any pre-set hardware conditions except that she must be a woman, but the software condition is that nude shots are not refused. So if none of the above situations apply to you, you will basically have no access to real companies. Real companies will help you apply for a model card for free.

If you are in Beijing or can come to Beijing, if you are a minor and need to obtain written consent from your parents, you can first participate in the free audition organized by people in the industry as a kind of exercise before entering the industry. This is necessary, and at the same time it can prove whether you are the right one. Only if a real and formal company or client likes you will they choose you to model for them.

I don’t know how tall you are. If your height cannot meet the catwalk standards, apart from the ideological requirements, there are no hardware requirements for other models. As long as there are customers who like you, If they like you and are willing to use you as their model, you can do it!

The so-called ideological requirements mean that no matter what model you are doing, you cannot avoid being completely naked. For example, Taobao models often need to display sexy underwear. Everything is exposed, which is no different from not wearing anything. In many cases Dressing is also done in public, and there is no way to avoid anyone. Many dressing assistants are men, and makeup artists are also men. Photographers are chasing you to take pictures. Models changing clothes cannot avoid so many men at the scene. In this industry Men have long been accustomed to seeing no one looking at you. So if you don’t have the ability to expose yourself in public as a model, you simply can’t do this business. Therefore, auditions are all required to be completely naked in front of the public. If you can't do it, you won't be able to be a model.

The same goes for graphic models. Mannequins are also graphic models. Mannequins are the main task of any graphic model agency. The girls who work as models in them use being graphic models as a cover. In fact, There is no one who doesn't do mannequins. If anyone says not to do it, you will be relegated to the sidelines immediately.

If you do something you can make a lot of money and get rich, but if you don’t do it you will be eliminated. Who would be so stupid not to do it? Therefore, during the audition, without knowing what model you will be in the future, it is necessary to ask you to be naked in public, and even ask you to be naked in public on location. If this doesn't work, you will definitely lose at the starting line!

Don’t misunderstand, the nudity in these modeling jobs has nothing to do with sex. Many girls claim that they want to be models, but they only see those female models who are beautiful on the surface, but they don’t know how they became models behind the scenes. Except for direct clients, no one in any company that recruits models that girls can come into contact with will mention this matter to the girls during the auditions for paid recruitment. Scammers are afraid that mentioning this will scare them away. Who do they look for? Are you going to cheat money? But when girls come into contact with real free auditions in the entertainment industry, they often never imagine that this is the case! Coupled with the liars behind the scenes, fanning the flames, and spreading rumors and slanders, all the girls have become accomplices of the swindlers. They have been sold out and are still helping others count their money. There is nothing anyone can do about it.

Seeing that you posted a post asking about opportunities to apply for a model, it involves the question of whether to find a company. In fact, it mainly depends on how you plan to become a model. Do you want to find work online for a long time, or join a modeling team and let them assign work to you? There are pros and cons to joining or not joining a team. It would be too difficult to find a job on your own without joining, and you might not be able to find a job in a month, so how can you still try to be a model? Of course, if you have a part-time job and still go to school, it doesn't matter how little work you do. Then it’s okay not to join.

If you want to join a team, although there will be more activities, no team is limited to ordinary models. Without exception, the team will accept some types of models that you are not willing to do. For example, mannequins, painted models and other types of models that require naked bodies. These modeling activities earn a lot of money, and the remuneration is ten times or hundreds of times higher than that of ordinary models, and there is even no limit. Any team, including all the models in the team, is eager for these activities, but can you do it? If it doesn't work and you pick the job, it will be bad, and you will soon be relegated to the sidelines or eliminated from the team. If you can do it, it’s easy to do, just go and participate in the free audition activities in the circle. The training requirements here are consistent with those in model schools. You can not only practice your camera sense and expressiveness, but also help you find a job. The purpose of modeling work is to kill two birds with one stone.

I am a former high-level executive in the Beijing entertainment industry and have now retired. For questions about how to participate in the voluntary auditions and preliminary events organized by insiders for free to become a model, please search for my other similar answers here. You can also check out my pinned posts in the Amateur Model Bar, Extra Actor Bar, and Extras Bar (note the two words "bar") on Baidu Tieba, which all contain my specific information. Since the article is too long, I won’t go into details here. You can post there to communicate after reading.

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