Caught in Affairs with Superstar
Chapter 80: The Beginning of the Scandal

Chapter 80: Chapter 80: The Beginning of the Scandal

That night, the dynamic images of Zhou Yun’s runway show were released by the VX official account, and received lots of reposts and praise from fashion bloggers.

Under the operations of VX, the entry for Zhou Yun’s VX runway show unexpectedly made it to the trending searches.

But the netizens were genuinely stunned by it.

Many female celebrities have beautified photos that circulate online for years, constantly harvested to capture hearts.

Yet, Zhou Yun’s dynamic image also possessed an undeniable stunning quality.

Some recalled her pure and natural look from not long ago, and comparing the two, they couldn’t help but marvel at how a person could look so diversely beautiful and pleasing to the eye.

"The online public opinion about you has started to improve," Zhou Lan informed Zhou Yun at the first opportunity, "Everyone is praising your exquisite beauty."

"Haha, exquisite beauty," Zhou Yun said, "The filter is well done, we should give the graphic artist a bonus."

Zhou Lan said, "The company wants to create a ’divine beauty’ label for you, actually aiming to lead you into the fashion circle."

"Me?"

"The VX big show was a job you secured on your own. Without your effort, the company couldn’t have secured such a high-level job at this stage," Zhou Lan explained, "But your performance was outstanding, earning the recognition of a large number of fashion bloggers. Don’t forget, in Chengqian Entertainment, we have Best Actors, Movie Queens, top singers, influencers, and fresh faces—but no artist who has truly broken into the fashion circle. The fashion sector is a huge pie, and you know its ability to benefit an artist. If you can successfully make a name in the fashion circle, once your luxury endorsements take off, ’clothes make the man, as the saddle makes the horse,’ your status in the industry will also rise by quite a bit."

"Doubtful," Zhou Yun shook her head. "The fashion circle isn’t so easy to enter; so many people are vying for it."

"Your face and your figure are your greatest strengths," Zhou Lan said, "Starting today, you should visit the gym at least twice a week."

"What?" Zhou Yun was astounded.

Zhou Lan said, "Your body is too flabby, and it doesn’t look good whether you show your shoulders or waist."

"Who says? It looks great!" Zhou Yun rejected Zhou Lan’s critique.

Zhou Lan forcibly suppressed her, "You don’t have the final word."

Zhou Yun pouted, feeling gloomy.

She’s indeed a very hardworking and diligent person, but she really doesn’t like to exercise.

She would rather starve than sweat profusely in the gym.

Zhou Lan continued, "Actually, I think you should try to secure a spokesmodel position with VX."

"What?"

"Your relationship with Zheng Xiaowen is very good, and the collaborative effect this time was also quite good. They need to establish their brand’s visibility in China now," Zhou Lan stated.

Zhou Yun shook her head, "Don’t encourage me in that direction; they definitely will want to sign a top-tier female celebrity as their spokesperson. VX is not a budget brand, there’s no way they’d use me as a spokesperson."

Zhou Lan thought about it and felt that Zhou Yun had a point. It was her own greed that had clouded her judgment, and she no longer mentioned this matter.

The VX big show was very successful.

Shanghai’s first offline store was also rapidly making progress.

A week later, Zheng Xiaowen contacted Zhou Yun to say that the first offline store in Shanghai would have its grand opening on the morning of May 1st, asking whether she would be available to attend.

Zhou Yun initially had a magazine shoot scheduled, but Zhou Lan insisted that she attend the store’s opening ceremony, and then went on to reschedule the shoot with the magazine side.

"I’ve been thinking, although your credentials might not be sufficient to land the spokesperson title for VX, based on your relationship with VX, you could at least be a brand ambassador, right?" Zhou Lan suggested, "I’m telling you, VX was recommended by a top British fashion media outlet the day before yesterday. They are really gaining momentum."

Zhou Yun didn’t expect Zhou Lan to not give up on the VX opportunity.

"Don’t get your hopes up too high. If they had intended this, they would have been in communication with us already," Zhou Yun said. "Since they are entering the China market, they must be looking for a spokesperson. It’s been so long without them contacting me; there’s certainly no chance."

"You can’t be so negative," Zhou Lan said. "If they had no interest in you, why would they invite you to the store opening ceremony?"

Zhou Yun laughed, "Because I’m popular now."

Zhou Lan: "..."

Zhou Yun was very self-aware; her commercial value now was purely from her recent popularity.

Two days later, Zhou Lan obtained the guest list for the day of the store opening and was stunned.

Wei Ru Xue’s name was on the list.

Zhou Yun was also surprised to see this name.

"Why would they invite Wei Ru Xue?" Zheng Xiaojue, who had been with Zhou Yun for a while, knew that Wei Ru Xue was Zhou Yun’s top rival within the company and asked irritably because of the inherent hostility.

"It’s normal to invite Wei Ru Xue, she’s a top-line star and has recently garnered a lot of attention due to her upcoming role in ’Spring Cold’," Zhou Lan said.

She carefully glanced at Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun lowered her head and said pensively, "No matter who they’ve invited, we’ve already agreed to attend, and we can’t let them down by not showing up. Just ignore her."

Zhou Lan thought it was only to be expected.

Outsiders did not know the extent of the discord between Zhou Yun and Wei Ru Xue.

The next day, VX sent people over to deliver clothes to Zhou Yun, asking her to pick an outfit for the opening ceremony.

Zhou Yun picked out several but eventually chose a sea blue long dress.

Her last white gauze with gold accents look had spread widely online, and Zhou Yun did not want to give a repetitive impression.

However, just a couple of days later, VX personnel came over apologetically to ask if Zhou Yun could change her choice of dress.

Zhou Lan interfaced with them, feeling baffled, since it was odd to change a decision already made, and asked, "Why?"

The VX personnel hesitated for a long time, not willing to disclose the reason.

Zhou Lan sensed there was more to it, and said directly, "Unless there is a compelling reason, we’ll stick to that dress, as it’s the most suitable."

Only then did the VX personnel explain, "The blue long dress was initially sent to Miss Wei Ru Xue, and she had already chosen it. Normally, that dress would be taken out of rotation and not offered to another artist, but there was a negligence by the person responsible for delivering the clothes, who failed to remove it in time and ended up bringing it to you as well, and unexpectedly, Miss Zhou also chose that dress."

Hearing Wei Ru Xue’s name, Zhou Lan took a deep breath.

It was understandable for VX to let her pick clothes first, given Wei Ru Xue’s higher status, but why did it have to be Wei Ru Xue?

Zhou Lan felt instinctively that the matter wasn’t so simple.

"Did you contact Miss Wei about this? Is she willing to change?" Zhou Lan asked.

VX replied, "Not yet, we contacted your side first."

"If we hadn’t seen this dress, it would’ve been another matter, but we’ve seen it and chosen it, and now you want us to change it because someone else wants to wear it, what kind of reasoning is that?" Zhou Lan argued. "Even if our Xiao Yun is just a newcomer, if this news gets out, wouldn’t it make people think we’re too easily bullied?"