Chapter 813
Huangyao Ancient Town, located in Zhaoping County, Guangxi Province, has a history of thousands of years. It is known as the "Dream Home" and is one of the four ancient towns of the Xia Kingdom.
Originally, the residents of the small town were not interested in worldly affairs. Although they had not seen much of the world, they were content with their poverty and happy life.
It's just that in recent days, a group of foreigners dressed fashionably and carrying cameras have come here and walked around, breaking the long-standing tranquility of the town.
The elderly people living in the village don’t have many opportunities to see foreigners, so whenever these people arrive, every household comes out to watch the fun, just like watching a parade of animals at the zoo.
These people are naturally the crew of "The Veil" brought by director John Curran.
Just when everyone in the town had gotten used to the presence of the crew, suddenly a group of reporters carrying cameras and long guns arrived, making the ancient town even more bustling.
In an alley, John Callan had just finished directing a shot and was about to lead his men to move on to the next shot, but a group of reporters blocked them in the alley, as if they would not let them leave until the interview was completed.
A female reporter impatiently thrust the microphone in front of John Karan and asked, "Dear Director John, why did you temporarily replace the actors halfway through the filming of the movie 'The Masked Man'? Is there any inside story behind this?"
John Callan said expressionlessly: "This is the decision of the investors. It has nothing to do with me."
The reporters were obviously dissatisfied with this answer, but seeing that John Callan refused to talk about it, they had no choice but to look for other people.
There was no way out. Facing the foreigners, they dared not have any dissatisfaction or complaints, and even abandoned their "professional ethics" of getting to the bottom of things.
A reporter recognized Lin Yuzhen and walked over to her smartly, asking excitedly, "Ms. Lin Yuzhen, I heard that Mr. Lu invested in this movie and got you a role. Did you reach some kind of deal with Mr. Lu?"
Although this question may seem serious at first glance, it is actually full of implications.
However, Lin Yuzhen had returned from a tour in Europe after all, and had seen a lot of things. She said calmly, "Lu Yiming and I were high school classmates, and he is my boss, while I am an employee of his company. I think it is normal to fight for job opportunities for my employees."
This answer is obviously not what the reporters want. It is not explosive at all, not topical at all, and obviously not conducive to hype. It is the kind of news that even a UC shocking headline cannot save.
One reporter asked unwillingly: "Are you really just classmates?"
Lin Yuzhen was too lazy to answer such questions. Jiang Yuxiang, who had transformed from a good friend and college roommate to Lin Yuzhen's exclusive agent, stood up and blocked her way, saying to the reporter: "Ms. Lin just finished filming, she is very tired now and needs to rest. Please make way."
The reporters had not yet found any news that was valuable to them and were unwilling to leave, so they still blocked the entrance of the alley.
However, as the saying goes, "Birds of a feather flock together." As someone who follows Lu Yiming, of course I have learned some of Lu Yiming's style of doing things.
Jiang Yuxiang turned around and said to the four two-meter-tall bodyguards wearing sunglasses behind him, "Get rid of them."
These bodyguards were all arranged by Lin Dezheng, so they were not polite to the reporters. When they stood in front of people, their momentum was frightening.
The reporters had no choice but to leave the alley, and Jiang Yuxiang took the opportunity to take Lin Yuzhen away from the scene.
After returning to their residence, Jiang Yuxiang said to Lin Yuzhen with a smile: "Hehe, actually you could have just followed their words. If there was some scandal, it wouldn't do you any harm if everyone hyped it up. Other celebrities would be eager to have some scandals with Mr. Lu to increase their fame. Besides, you two are not clear about it anyway, so what's wrong with taking advantage of him?"
Lin Yuzhen snorted, "What are you talking about, you bastard? When did I become unclear with him?"
Being in the entertainment industry, it seems abnormal not to have scandals. This is especially true for actresses. Some people are not good at acting and rely on scandals to survive.
Jiang Yuxiang curled her lips and said leisurely: "I know, you don't want to cause him trouble because of this, right? You are so good to him, I don't know if he will remember..."
Before she could finish her words, Jiang Yuxiang felt Lin Yuzhen's sharp gaze and her whole momentum suddenly dropped a lot. She muttered, "Okay, okay, I won't say anything anymore."
Capital city.
Lu Yiyan was fired from the role of the heroine in "The Veil", and the more I think about it, the more confused I become.
At this time, she seemed to have really regarded herself as an international superstar, so she felt very dissatisfied with her experience.
She found Li Dongtian and said unhappily, "Didn't you say that I had a safe chance this time? Why was the role I fought so hard for snatched away by someone else?"
Now all the publicity about the movie "The Veil" shows Lin Yuzhen's image, which makes Lu Yiyan very unacceptable. Because all these exposure and traffic should have belonged to her. Since she won the award and became an international supermodel, she has never suffered such a big injustice.
Li Dongtian looked at Lu Yiyan, who was standing with her hands on her hips and looked like a shrew, and he was also complaining in his heart, "You fought so hard to get this role, isn't it all my fault? I didn't say anything, why are you making such a fuss?"
Although he was very dissatisfied, Li Dongtian still had to rely on Lu Yiyan to make money, so he could not turn his face and could only comfort her helplessly: "Lin Yuzhen's family is very rich. Her father's assets alone exceed 10 billion, not to mention her relationship with the richest man Lu. What can we use to fight them?"
In this world, many things actually have a clear price tag. As long as you have money, most problems can be solved.
Li Dongtian had no idea what to do about the current situation. To put it bluntly, the two warring parties in this war were Sohu.com and Campus.com, as well as the capital forces behind each of them.
As for him, Li Dongtian, and Lu Yan, the so-called international supermodel, they are nothing more than chess pieces on the chessboard.
Now that Sohu is at a disadvantage, their two chess pieces will be ruthlessly eaten by their opponents.
In fact, Li Dongtian now regrets it because the competition between Sohu and Campus Network had nothing to do with him.
If he had not accepted Zhang Chaoyang's invitation to participate and angered Lu Yiming, Lu Yiyan's role would never have been removed.
The more Li Dongtian thought about it, the more indignant he felt.
Yes, this is all Zhang Chaoyang’s fault. There is no point for me to say anything here. The correct thing to do is to go directly to Zhang Chaoyang and ask for an explanation.
Worst case scenario - you have to pay more!
However, Li Dongtian didn't know that he was not the only one in trouble.
When Li Dongtian went to find Zhang Chaoyang and Fang Xingdong, they were also worried about the plummeting traffic on Sohu.com and blogs.
In the office, Zhang Chaoyang cursed: "Lu Yiming is really unethical. We agreed to have a verbal fight. If you have anything to say, you can just have a verbal fight online. But you just secretly took photos? This is too much!"
Fang Xingdong thought for a moment and said, "Now the only way to make the final decision is to ask someone with enough weight to stand up and endorse us."
Zhang Chaoyang knew his own weight very well. He frowned and said awkwardly: "The key is that I don't know who to find. I can't invite anyone who really has weight in the country."
In fact, if it comes to other things, Zhang Chaoyang's face still works. Even if his face is not very important, there are still bigwigs who are willing to speak for him for the sake of money.
But the Lu Yiyan incident is too difficult to handle. Many bigwigs still have to save face, they can't just stand up and say that Lu Yiyan is a beauty in front of netizens all over the country, right?
This kind of thing can't be solved even if you pay more money.
Fang Xingdong was smart and said, "If we can't find them in China, we can look for them abroad. Doesn't Aida Jing always brag that he knows a lot of bigwigs abroad? Just call him and ask him to find them. We paid them to come here, we can't let them take all the benefits and let us take all the blame, right?"
“That makes sense!”
Zhang Chaoyang immediately called Aida Jing and told her about this matter.
Aida Jing pondered for a moment and said, "If we really need to find someone, we can find Christian. He is very powerful in the European fashion industry and is also a fashion consultant for the Dior Group. Asking him to come out and support Lu Yan will definitely help reverse the decline."
Zhang Chaoyang certainly would not object to this proposal and immediately said, "Then I'll trouble you with this matter."
The reform and opening up of Xia Kingdom has not yet fully shown results, and the economy is still developing. Therefore, at this time in the country, there is a mentality of "the moon is rounder in foreign countries". As long as it is praised by foreigners, it must be a good thing.
If you can't accept it, then there must be something wrong with you, not the foreigner.
A few days later, a huge banner suddenly appeared on the homepage of the blog.
“Warmly welcome Christian, world aesthetics master and Dior chief aesthetics consultant, to join the blog!”
According to the cultural tradition in our country, it is a great pleasure to have friends coming from afar. When this world master of aesthetics comes to blog, everyone will naturally go to watch.
Christine's newly launched blog suddenly received tens of thousands of visits.
However, when they saw the first blog post by Christine, they couldn't hold back anymore.
It was a photo of Kristen and Lu Yiyan at a fashion show.
Under the photo, Christine wrote in English: "Lv Yiyan is so beautiful. She can be said to be an oriental beauty in the past 3,000 years. She perfectly fits my imagination of oriental women. I really want to invite her to participate in this year's annual European fashion show."
Under this blog, those who support Lv Yiyan once again found their spiritual support and theoretical basis.
Although Aida Jing, who had previously stood up for Lu Yiyan, had fallen, it was a foreigner who stood up this time!
How could what the foreigner said be wrong?
For a time, praise for Lu Yiyan was overwhelming, and it seemed that the downward trend was about to be reversed.
"Christine is French. She grew up in the most romantic and fashionable place in the world. Doesn't she know more about beauty than you? She's a fashion consultant for Dior. Who do you think you are?"
This comment was very damaging and silenced many people who wanted to argue with their opinions.
After all, not many people have been abroad, and this title is too awesome. Even if ordinary people want to refute it, they will be laughed at because they don’t have the weight to do so.
For a moment, many people who were just watching the show fell speechless and became the silent majority.
Those who supported Lu Yiyan were happier than during the Chinese New Year when they saw that they had the upper hand this time.
"There is no doubt that Lv Yiyan is the typical oriental beauty. Her squinty eyes are international style and true oriental fashion. I will not accept any rebuttal."
"Even foreigners say that Lu Yiyan is the most beautiful oriental woman in the past 3,000 years. Doesn't this prove the point? What are you jealous of?"
"You are just bullies in your own house and can't stand seeing others do well. Our country finally produced an international superstar, but you are here to abuse and slander him. I am really heartbroken!"
"The role in The Veil was snatched away because Lin Yuzhen's family is rich and she has the support of Mr. Lu, the richest man in the country? You actually brought this up, it's so funny. Isn't this a typical example of being a bully at home? If Mr. Lu, the richest man in the country, is really that awesome, he should go abroad and be a bully."
"That's right, this is clearly bullying us Yanyan because we have no power or influence. What's there to brag about?"
"Mr. Lu has learned to oppress the good in order to make money. He is obviously targeting our Yan Zi."
All of a sudden, a large number of netizens who claimed to be Lu Yiyan's die-hard fans appeared on the Internet. Various remarks emerged one after another, all directed at Lu Yiming and the campus network.
Baiyun City.
At 3pm, Li Yiwen sat on the balcony of his villa, legs crossed, drinking coffee and reading the newspaper. Lu Yiming sat next to him, playing Snake on his phone.
The front-page headlines of several newspapers were all about Lu Yiyan.
“Should aesthetics keep pace with the times? Let’s start with beauties from the past three thousand years.”
“What is the aesthetic taste that we Orientals should have? The best is the one that is internationally recognized.”
“Beauty and ugliness should not be determined by the size of the eyes”
After casually reading these articles, Li Yiwen felt that his IQ was insulted, and couldn't help complaining to Lu Yiming: "These reports are all nonsense. They really do everything to flatter the foreigners. What is international aesthetics? It's all bullshit. The aesthetics cultivated by my five thousand years of civilization history is not as good as the foreigners who were still hanging around in trees two thousand years ago? It's so funny."
The contents of these articles can be summed up in one sentence: squinting eyes is an international trend, and anyone who refuses to accept it is conservative and stubborn, and will be spurned by mainstream public opinion!
After venting his anger, Li Yiwen saw that Lu Yiming didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, so he couldn't help asking, "Your campus network has been badly criticized here, and you don't have any reaction at all?"
Then, he continued to talk to himself: "Yeah, there's no point in being anxious, there's no solution to this thing."
After all, beauty is a very subjective thing, and therefore more easily influenced by the outside world, especially by a foreigner with a special status like Christine.
When you debate with someone and they directly use their status to put pressure on you, no matter how you argue it will be useless.
Since there is no standard answer in aesthetics, naturally whoever has a higher status has the final say.
This is the right to speak, or the hegemony of speech.
Lu Yiming was playing games without looking up and said, "This problem seems unsolvable, but it is actually very easy to solve."
Li Yiwen asked curiously: "Easy to solve? What are you going to do?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "If they can find foreigners, why can't we? You have to understand that in this world, money can make many people lie against their conscience, and I don't need them to lie, I just need them to stand up and tell the truth. Is it difficult? Using magic to defeat magic, isn't that child's play?"
Li Yiwen became even more curious and asked, "Who are you going to find? Who is more awesome than this Christine?"
Lu Yiming looked at the word "Game Over" on the phone screen and couldn't help but complain, "Damn it, I didn't pass the level again."
He put down his phone and said to Li Yiwen, "Has it been a long time since you last went to Europe? Let's go and take a look around Europe."
"OK."
A few days later, Lu Yiming and Li Yiwen invited Dai Leman and Andre, two old acquaintances, to dinner at a high-end restaurant in Europe.
Dai Leman looked at Lu Yiming, a major Airbus customer, as if he were his own father. As soon as he sat down, he hurriedly said, "Mr. Lu, I have to treat you to this meal no matter what. It's a rare trip for Mr. Lu to Europe, so I have to do my best to be a good host and let you feel our hospitality."
Andre has a lot of business in Xia Country, so he is happy to make friends with Lu Yiming, the richest man in Asia.
Under Lu Yiming's deliberate guidance, everyone's conversation topic soon turned to Christine and Lu Yiyan.
Andre said: "Mr. Lu, we are friends, so I will tell you the truth. I think that Lv Yiyan is really ugly. The oriental beauties in my impression don't look like this."
Dai Leman went on to say, "She just caters to the image that Westerners have created for Orientals. We need her to look like this."
Of course Lu Yiming knew all this. He was very familiar with this foreign style of play. Not only the squinting eyes, but also the eyebrows and braids, all had the same intention.
Ultimately, it’s all for ideological propaganda.
Lu Yiming did not respond to the two people's words, but said: "Because of Christine's appearance, they took this opportunity to strongly suppress my company, and my company suffered unfair treatment. I hope that you two can also help me find a celebrity in the fashion circle, who is more important than Christine, to speak for me."
Lu Yiming thought that the two of them would rush to recommend talents, but he didn't expect that after hearing his request, the two of them looked at each other and didn't answer for a long time.
Lu Yiming couldn't help but frowned slightly and said to the two of them, "What's the matter? Is Christine the boss of the European fashion industry? Or do you two have any difficulties?"
