"I don't want to explain it anymore, the darker it gets."
On April 12, the mother of her 3-year-old daughter kicked in the "Child Model Incident" sent a one-sentence Weibo private message to the surging news (www.thepaper.cn).
Since the 9th, the video of the child model "Lady" being kicked by her mother at the shooting scene has been circulating on the Internet, and the "child model" has also received unprecedented attention.
"The new child models are generally auctioned for a set of 80 to 100 yuan, and the more used by the store is 150 yuan / set of child models at about the middle price, and the high two or three hundred yuan / set is also there." On the 12th, Xiaohua (pseudonym), the head of a large-scale e-commerce photography base in Hangzhou's Binjiang District, told the surging news (www.thepaper.cn).
On that day, 4 groups of child models were filmed at the base, the youngest 3 years old and the oldest 6 years old, all accompanied by their mothers. In the 15-degree Celsius weather, children wear short-sleeved shorts and pose in various poses under the guidance of photographers to photograph summer costumes.
Ms. Wang is the mother of 5-year-old child model Xiaoxi (pseudonym). "A set of 100 yuan, from nine o'clock to four or five o'clock in the afternoon, lunch at noon, rest for more than an hour, about 30 sets a day, but the specific progress depends on the state of the child." While observing her son who took a new model for the children's clothing store, she told the surging news that Xiaonishi "entered the industry" soon after, and became a child model because she "likes to be a model and likes to take pictures."
Without saying a few words, Xiao Xi wanted to change clothes after filming, and Ms. Wang stepped forward to match her hat and socks: "Come on, shoot well, and have a few more actions." ”
"Most mothers are loud and angry with their children, and very few have bad tempers, and they are all in order to catch up with the progress - children sometimes make trouble, everyone has to wait, and mothers are also anxious." Ms. Zhang, the person in charge of the online store, told the surging news that her store has a signed child model, as well as two cooperative child models, including Xiaoxi, "Children are different from adults, it is more difficult to shoot, sometimes it is impossible to finish shooting, and it can only be postponed to the next day."
"The pricing of child models is determined by the market, the new entry is lower, the more explosive models are auctioned, the more they are found, and the price will go up." She said that an "old" child model named Lele, priced at 180 yuan a set, has been fully scheduled for April.
In another scene, Xiaoxing (pseudonym), who is more than 3 years old, happily chats with Mr. Liu, the owner of the Taobao shop who photographed her, while taking pictures of her.
"We only work with stores that are more familiar and have a relaxed shooting schedule, and we don't want our children to be too tired." Xiaoxing's mother told the surging news that her daughter took a set of clothes for 150 yuan, and most of the day took about 40 sets, "She took pictures as a very fun thing."
The Surging News also visited three other large-scale shooting bases in Hangzhou on the 12th, and found several online photographers who had repeatedly photographed child models.
"I've photographed so many children, I've seen very few children beat up, who doesn't feel sorry for their children?" Photographer Xiaohe said that six or seven-year-old child models are the best to shoot, a day can shoot seventy or eighty sets, "kindergarten stage of child models, there is a shooting schedule to take a leave, it is easier to do; primary school students can only choose weekends or evenings, there are also mothers will take leave for their children to shoot." ”
Photographer Xiao Huang said that a large part of the child model mother is a full-time mother, "Sometimes the child earns a month's salary of ordinary people a day, and the more popular adult models shoot a set of clothes for 150 yuan to 200 yuan, and some child models earn more than adult models." ”
"However, the mother of the child model is not easy to do, and she has to be an agent, and she has to be a nanny, and the scene must be mobilized at any time to comfort the child's emotions, and some are also responsible for the matching of clothing." He said.
The older photographer Lao Xia (pseudonym) told the surging news that he had seen a screenshot of the circle of friends of a child model mother in the photographer circle, saying that more than 100 sets were taken a day, "That must be beyond the reasonable workload, generally 3-year-old children shoot forty or fifty sets a day." I've seen children shoot from morning to ten o'clock in the evening and are obviously tired. In this industry, existence is reasonable, but parents must also do what they can and cannot use their children as a tool to make money. ”