Chapter 809: Unilateral Breach of Contract
The pale golden sunlight shines through the transparent glass curtain wall and into the library, making the entire library bright and warm.
Hu Jiake sat on a bench, looking down at a large book on the table, with a half-drunk cup of milk tea next to him.
The photographer focused the camera on her profile.
Her skin was white and translucent, her collarbone was faintly visible, and her cleavage was difficult to fill.
In the sunlight
The photographer pressed the shutter, and then said with emotion: "Once this photo came out, I felt that I had reached the pinnacle of my career."
Hu Jiake sitting there attracted everyone's attention like a black hole, making people eager to move and full of possessiveness.
But people can't bear to get close and break this tranquility, as if destroying all this would make them sinners.
This kind of contradictory mentality is exactly the effect Lu Yiming wants to achieve.
The photographer exclaimed: "Mr. Lu, I didn't expect you to know so much about photo composition! It's really hard to imagine what field you are not proficient in! This is too discouraging. How can ordinary people like us live?"
Lu Yiming smiled slightly and said, "I understand a little bit, just a little bit. You are exaggerating a bit."
Looking at the preview image on the monitor, Lu Yiming was quite satisfied with his composition.
All those artistic photos I saw before my rebirth were not in vain, knowledge is always useful.
The photographer continued his efforts and took a complete set of photos of Hu Jiake from various angles.
"Call it a day."
After the last photo was taken, Lu Yiming snapped his fingers, and all the staff members breathed a sigh of relief. Hu Jiake was also relieved and asked quickly, "How is the effect?"
The photographer said excitedly: "The effect is quite good! Mr. Lu is really good at capturing the angles. To be honest, I felt a little excited when I took the photo of you!"
Being praised so highly, Hu Jiake was very happy in her heart, but she said modestly: "Is it that exaggerated?"
The lighting engineer said: "It's really not an exaggeration! I still find it hard to believe how the words pure and sexy can be used to describe the same person at the same time."
Lu Yiming sent the finished film to Wang Xing.
“It’s time to start promoting it.”
After Wang Xing saw the photos, he said excitedly: "Hu Jiake will definitely be a big hit. She has such a pretty face and looks so pure and sexy. Which man can resist her? She is attractive to both young and old!"
Lu Yiming looked calm and said, "For now, we should focus our resources on making Hu Jiake famous. Once she becomes popular, we will try to make the other nine famous. By the way, we should find a few more replacements. If someone is not popular, we will not force them to be popular, but directly replace them. Internet celebrities also need to be popular with the audience. What we think is good may not be liked by the users. Everything should be based on the users' preferences."
Wang Xing nodded slightly and said, "That makes sense. People have different tastes. Okay, I'll remember that."
Then, he complimented, "Mr. Lu is worthy of being Mr. Lu. He is so good at even praising people. No wonder he was able to take over QQ and become the social king of Xia Country."
Lu Yiming said: "Hey, what's the big deal? Just spend money."
Wang Xing: “???”
Next, Lu Yiming and Wang Xing finalized the promotion plan, and then found Li Quanwang and asked, "How is your 800,000-man navy going?"
Li Quanwang complained: "Where the hell did I get 800,000 naval forces? I'm not fighting in the Battle of Red Cliffs."
Lu Yiming said: "Water armies don't have to be used for war. If you can scold someone, you can also praise them. Recently I plan to make a girl famous. You ask the brothers to prepare. It's still the same old rule, 50 cents for each one."
"Hey, okay, come on, get some work done. Want to flatter a girl? Shi Qingxue won't beat you up."
Lu Yiming said righteously: "This is my job!"
"Tsk, who knows if it's a cover? Show me a photo, I'll see if there's any girl worthy of your support."
Lu Yiming sent Hu Jiake's photo over.
When Li Quanwang heard this, he was immediately shocked: "Oh my god, who is this? Where did he find such a beautiful woman?"
Although his girlfriend Gu Zhiruo is a beauty of this type, Hu Jiake is obviously much better than Gu Zhiruo in terms of appearance and temperament, which perfectly meets Li Quanwang's aesthetic needs.
"Beautiful, so beautiful."
Li Quanwang couldn't help drooling.
Lu Yiming couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Damn, do you have to be so exaggerated? Do you want me to take a photo and send it to Gu Zhiruo?"
"Don't! Bro, you are my brother."
Li Quanwang's face suddenly changed. He wiped the corner of his mouth and asked Lu Yiming in doubt: "Tell me the truth, this isn't the mistress you kept outside, is she? Zha Zha Ming, let me tell you, Shi Qingxue is actually quite pretty..."
"Go away, who do you think I am? Do you think I'm someone who betrays love?"
Li Quanwang stared at Lu Yiming for a long time and said, "No."
"That's it."
Lu Yiming rolled his eyes and said, "To tell you the truth, the campus network plans to create a rising star and promote a few Internet celebrities to expand its social influence and attract new users to register. Hu Jiake is the first person I chose. When the time comes, you can just bring your brothers to charge for me."
Li Quanwang exclaimed: "Wow, it's so big."
Lu Yiming said helplessly: "I didn't want to do something so big, but I can't give up on social software, so I plan to make the campus network the moat of QQ."
If the social networking site is well done, it will definitely threaten QQ. Although Lu Yiming has already created MM to replace WeChat, the future is always uncertain.
What's more, Pony Ma is now very successful in the gaming industry and has plenty of money. If he insists on making a comeback in the social networking field, it will pose a great threat to QQ, so Lu Yiming has to deal with it carefully.
Although he was joking, Li Quanwang always followed the orders given by Lu Yiming meticulously. He patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, I will take care of this matter. I will ask my brothers to complete it beautifully for you."
Lu Yiming nodded slightly, expressing his approval of Li Quanwang's attitude. However, Li Quanwang changed the subject and said shamelessly, "By the way, what is the QQ number of this classmate Hu Jiake? I don't mean anything else. I just want to chat with her more. Only by understanding her can we promote her better."
Lu Yiming squinted at him and said, "Gu Zhiruo seems to have her contact information. Why don't you ask Gu Zhiruo?"
Li Quanwang shuddered all over and said, "No, I'm doing this for work, but if you don't think it's necessary, forget it."
A few days later, a group of photos named "Milk Tea Sister" suddenly became popular on forum websites such as Tianya, Tieba and Mop.
Holding a cup of milk tea, leaning against the bookshelf, she reads quietly under the bright sunshine. Her pure and sexy dressing style instantly captures the hearts of the otakus.
"Oh my god, it's so beautiful!"
"I hereby announce that Milk Tea Sister is my wife from today on."
"I have been slaughtering fish at RT-Mart for ten years. I thought my heart was as cold as the knife I used to slaughter fish. But when I saw you, my heart warmed up again."
"She posted the photo, so I was in her heart. I commented, so she was in my heart. Love is like this, a two-way journey."
"Promise me, don't get married so early! I buy every issue of the Double Color Ball!! I have a feeling that I will be able to marry you soon!"
"My love for Milk Tea Girl is like peeing my pants. Everyone can see it, but only I know the warmth in it."
All kinds of obscene words appeared in the comment section, and the netizens' talent for writing jokes was suddenly stimulated, and the various replies were dazzling.
Hu Jiake, who was already the dream girl of many boys in Shuimu University, is now even more popular. Her admirers are no longer limited to boys from the same school, and even competitors from other schools have begun to appear. Boys from other schools often sneak into Shuimu University and ask about Hu Jiake whenever they meet someone.
It was OK to ask a girl, but if someone was stupid enough to ask a boy, they would definitely be given a cold shoulder. There were even several people who were dragged to the security office by boys, who claimed that they came to the school to steal things.
The number of Hu Jiake's campus network fans has skyrocketed, increasing by tens of thousands a day.
There was no other way. Lu Yiming had QQ News, Fun News and other Internet channels at his disposal, and he carried out extensive . Milk Tea Sister's popularity was no longer limited to the campus network, but had become popular on the entire Internet platform.
Those media outlets that were not Lu Yiming's channels also took this as a hot topic and reported on it.
In the dormitory of Shuimu University, Hu Jiake felt the troubles of being a celebrity for the first time.
Looking at the 99+ private messages in the background, she just clicked on them and the webpage hasn’t even been refreshed when her computer crashed due to overload.
Thousands of private messages popped up at once, and with the current performance level of computers, it is simply unbearable.
Many of the private messages were courtship messages, and of course there were also all kinds of jealous insults, but Hu Jiake was already mentally prepared because Lu Yiming had already given her a heads-up and talked about the issue of cyber violence.
There are always a bunch of scumbags in this world who can't stand others doing well just because they themselves are not doing well. When they are in a bad situation, they blame others for being lazy. When they have no strengths, they blame others for insider trading. In short, anyone who lives better than them thinks the world is unfair. They never take a piss and look at themselves.
After selecting a few valuable private messages to reply to, Hu Jiake's phone on the table began to vibrate. She frowned slightly and muttered, "Didn't I change my number? How come someone can still call me?"
She picked up the phone and found it was an unfamiliar number with no notes. She didn't want to answer it, but the person on the other end was very persistent and kept calling her several times, so she had no choice but to press the answer button.
"Hello."
A gentle female voice came from the other side: "Hello, Ms. Hu, we are Xiyuan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. We noticed that you have used our products before. I wonder if you are interested in cooperating with us to shoot an advertisement? Our initial budget for advertising is one million yuan. Hello, Ms. Hu, we are not scammers. We have confirmed with Campus Culture Media Co., Ltd. before you, and they also gave me this number."
Campus Culture Media Co., Ltd. is the MCN company registered by Wang Xing.
"One million dollars?"
Hu Jiake was shocked.
"Yes, that's right. If you agree, then our company will confirm it with Campus Culture Media."
"I agree."
Of course Hu Jiake would not refuse. Her family was not rich, and with this money, her life would be changed.
After hanging up the phone, Hu Jiake told Ji Ziqian about this, which immediately frightened Ji Ziqian.
"You are going to get rich, become a wealthy woman, and support me."
Ji Ziqian put her arm around Hu Jiake's shoulders and acted coquettishly.
"Tell me, does Mr. Lu like you? He is trying so hard to promote you. You are not the only one who went with him. Why did he start with you?"
When Hu Jiake heard this, a strange look suddenly flashed in his eyes.
Could it be that...
Beauty clothing.
In the studio, Hu Jiake performed various actions according to the staff's requirements.
It took several hours to complete the shoot.
"Click, okay, the last shot is finished. Thank you all for your hard work."
The director on the scene called a stop, then came over and said to Hu Jiake: "Ms. Hu, thank you for your cooperation. The filming went very smoothly."
Although Hu Jiake was also very tired, she still had a smile on her face and quickly said, "These are what I should do."
After a month of publicity, Hu Jiake's reputation as the Milk Tea Sister has become extremely famous, and more and more manufacturers are looking for her to shoot commercials.
Because of its relationship with Lu Yiming, LiRen Clothing jumped the queue and temporarily asked Hu Jiake to shoot a set of print advertisements.
During this period, Ji Ziqian also successfully signed a contract with Campus Culture Media and became Hu Jiake's direct agent.
After removing her makeup and changing back into her own clothes, Hu Jiake couldn't help but yawn and asked Ji Ziqian, "Who's the next one?"
Ji Ziqian looked at the notebook she carried with her and said, "3:30 pm, Dior."
"oh."
Christian Dior is a luxury brand from France, a true old European brand. However, Dior entered the Chinese market relatively early, in 1993.
Hu Jiake has been very popular recently. Although she has not filmed any drama, she has become famous all over the country, so Dior approached them and asked to sign a cooperation agreement.
For Hu Jiake before, Dior was a luxury brand that she could not even afford, but now, she has become the spokesperson for Dior. It has to be said that the world is changing too fast.
Hu Jiake sincerely believed that all of this was brought to her by Lu Yiming, and that it was Lu Yiming who helped her to obtain so many opportunities.
Therefore, she was grateful to Lu Yiming.
At the same time, some thoughts in my mind became stronger.
Just when the two of them packed up and prepared to leave, Ji Ziqian suddenly received a call. The call was from Dior.
"Hello, is this Hu Jiake? This is the Dior Operations Center."
Facing Dior, Ji Ziqian did not dare to neglect and quickly said, "Yes, yes, the shooting is about to start, right? We will be there soon."
She looked at her watch. Although there were still four hours left before the shooting, she thought that the shooting time might have changed. She didn't dare to say anything, after all, the other party was Dior.
The people from Dio said, "You don't have to come. We have found a more suitable candidate."
The smile on Ji Ziqian's face froze immediately, and she asked in surprise: "Haven't we already signed the contract? How can we change people midway?"
The other party arrogantly said: "We can change it if we want. We are such a big company, do we need to inform you when we change the product spokesperson?"
Ji Ziqian frowned and said, "But we have already signed the contract."
"So what if we signed the contract? We just broke it. Okay, I'm busy here and don't have time to chat with you. Bye."
"Hello?"
Just as Ji Ziqian was about to speak, she found that the person on the other end had hung up.
She stamped her feet in anger and couldn't help cursing, "You really don't have the spirit of a contract at all."
Hu Jiake asked, "What's wrong?"
Ji Ziqian was almost crying with anger. Thinking about the millions of advertising fees she had lost, her voice began to choke up: "Dior called and unilaterally tore up the contract and wanted to change the spokesperson."
Hu Jiake was shocked and asked involuntarily, "How could this happen? We have already signed the contract, how could it be changed out of the blue? Is there some misunderstanding?"
Ji Ziqian pouted and said, "How should I know? I don't have anywhere to ask."
After Hu Jiake was surprised, she quickly calmed down and said, "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be that serious. Dior is a big brand. If this gets out, it will not be good for their brand image."
"That's what I said. Aren't they trying to discredit themselves in this matter? Do you want us to call them again and ask?"
After all, Ji Ziqian was not willing to accept the endorsement fee of millions.
"But we only have the operations center's phone number. If we call them, I'm afraid the same person will still answer us. I don't think we'll be able to get anything out of them."
Hu Jiake said: "Why don't we call Mr. Lu to talk about it? After all, Dior is a big international brand. If there is any mistake..."
Ji Ziqian also thought it made sense and said, "Then let me ask. I remember you have Mr. Lu's phone number?"
"Um."
Hu Jiake took out her cell phone, called Lu Yiming, and told him about Dior's breach of contract.
At this time, Lu Yiming was busy formulating the next promotion plan for the campus network when he suddenly received a call from Hu Jiake. Lu Yiming attached great importance to this matter. After asking for some details, he called Wang Xing.
When Wang Xing heard that Dior had unilaterally broken the contract and refused to cooperate with Ji Ziqian, he was so angry that he couldn't help cursing: "Damn it, are you pretending to be a big brand? Who would call to cancel a contract at the last minute? How shameless."
Lu Yiming said: "I feel that this is not as simple as just a breach of contract. Go investigate and find out what is going on."
